orang

Questions about orang

What does orang mean?

orang means "large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits".

How many syllables are in orang?

orang has 2 syllables: o-rang. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for orang?

Close synonyms include orangutan, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orang a common word?

orang is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.