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orang utan

orang utan is the alternative form 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 utan

pluralorang utans

Questions about orang utan

What is orang utan the alternative form of?
Orang utan is the alternative form of orangutan.

Words near orang utan in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orang utan (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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