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orang-otan

orang-otan 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-otan

pluralorang-otans

Questions about orang-otan

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

Words near orang-otan in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orang-otan (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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