orang C2 Topic:Animals US /ɔˈræŋ/ UK /ɔːˈræŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #105504 Meanings 1 noun dated: a shortened form of orangutan, the large arboreal ape native to Borneo and Sumatra The nineteenth-century naturalist repeatedly shortened orangutan to orang. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · dated: a shortened form of... orangutan Word family Forms orangs Related forms apeprimateorangutan Etymology A shortening of orangutan, ultimately from Malay orang hutan ("forest person"), from orang ("person") and hutan ("forest"). The clipped English form orang is now dated. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # orang **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɔˈræŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɔːˈræŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 105504 ## Meanings 1. dated: a shortened form of orangutan, the large arboreal ape native to Borneo and Sumatra ## Examples - The nineteenth-century naturalist repeatedly shortened orangutan to orang. ## Synonyms - orangutan ## Related Forms - ape - primate - orangutan ## Etymology A shortening of orangutan, ultimately from Malay orang hutan ("forest person"), from orang ("person") and hutan ("forest"). The clipped English form orang is now dated. ## Topics - Animals markdown