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orang-hutan

orang-hutan is the obsolete spelling of orangutan.

Meaning of orangutan

Noun

orangutan (plural orangutans)

  1. An arboreal ape, characterised by its shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, of the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.

Forms of orang-hutan

pluralorang-hutans

Questions about orang-hutan

What is orang-hutan the obsolete spelling of?
Orang-hutan is the obsolete spelling of orangutan.

Words near orang-hutan in the dictionary

  1. Orang Asli
  2. orang China bukan China
  3. Orang Laut
  4. orang utan
  5. orang utans
  6. orang-hutan
  7. orang-hutans
  8. orang-otan
  9. orang-otang
  10. orang-otangs
  11. orang-otans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orang-hutan (page history and authors); orangutan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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