What does the name "Orangutan" mean?
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Orangutan is Malaysian for "man of the forest".
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'Orangutan' is originated from the Malay (Malaysian) language which means "man of the forest". 'Orang' means 'people or person' while 'Utan' (accurately 'Hutan') means 'jungle or forest'.
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AKA "Wild Man of the Woods," which was a familiar figure, almost amounting to an archetype, in old and Mediaeval European lore and literature.
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A real big monkey!!
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