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orang-utang

orang-utang is the archaic 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-utang

pluralorang-utangs

Questions about orang-utang

What is orang-utang the archaic spelling of?
Orang-utang is the archaic spelling of orangutan.

Words near orang-utang in the dictionary

  1. orang-outangs
  2. orang-outans
  3. orang-pendek
  4. orang-pendeks
  5. orang-utan
  6. orang-utang
  7. orang-utangs
  8. orang-utans
  9. orange
  10. orange American
  11. orange Americans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orang-utang (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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