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orang-outang

orang-outang 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-outang

pluralorang-outangs

Questions about orang-outang

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

Words near orang-outang in the dictionary

  1. orang-otan
  2. orang-otang
  3. orang-otangs
  4. orang-otans
  5. orang-outan
  6. orang-outang
  7. orang-outangs
  8. orang-outans
  9. orang-pendek
  10. orang-pendeks
  11. orang-utan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orang-outang (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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