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1. (n.) orphanage
an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
2. orphanage
the state of being an orphan.
Etymology: (1530–40)
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| Definition of 'orphanage' |
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1. (noun) orphanage, orphanhood
the condition of being a child without living parents
"his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult"
2. (noun) orphanage, orphans' asylum
a public institution for the care of orphans
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1. (noun) orphanage
a place where orphans live
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Sense: a home for orphans.
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 Afrikaans: weeshuis |
 Arabic: مَيْتَم |
 Bulgarian: сиропиталище |
 Brazilian: orfanato |
 Czech: sirotčinec |
 German: das Waisenhaus |
 Danish: børnehjem |
 Greek: ορφανοτροφείο |
 Spanish: orfanato |
 Estonian: lastekodu |
 Farsi: یتیم خانه |
 Finnish: orpokoti |
 French: orphelinat |
 Hebrew: בֵּית-יְתוֹמִים |
 Hindi: अनाथालय |
 Croatian: sirotište |
 Hungarian: árvaház |
 Indonesian: rumah yatim |
 Icelandic: munaðarleysingjahæli |
 Italian: orfanotrofio |
 Japanese: 孤児院 |
 Korean: 고아원 |
 Lithuanian: našlaičių prieglauda |
 Latvian: bāriņu nams/patversme |
 Malay: rumah anak yatim |
 Dutch: weeshuis |
 Norwegian: barnehjem, vaisenhus |
 Polish: sierociniec |
 Persian: یتیم خانه |
 Pashto: يتيم خانه |
 Portuguese: orfanato |
 Romanian: orfelinat |
 Russian: приют для сирот |
 Slovak: sirotinec |
 Slovenian: sirotišnica |
 Serbian: sirotište |
 Swedish: barnhem |
 Thai: สถานที่เลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า |
 Turkish: öksüzler yurdu, yetimhane |
 Taiwanese: 孤兒院 |
 Ukrainian: притулок для сиріт |
 Urdu: يتيم خانہ |
 Vietnamese: trại mồ côi |
 Chinese: 孤儿院 |
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