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Orange

proper noun

  1. city in New South Wales, Australia
  2. town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
  3. town in Orange County, Vermont, United States
  4. county in Vermont, United States
  5. village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
  6. town in New Hampshire, United States
  7. collegiate athletic teams that represent Syracuse University
  8. county in North Carolina, United States
  9. county in Virginia, United States
  10. county in Texas, United States
  11. county in Indiana, United States
  12. city in Orange County, Texas, United States
  13. town in New York, United States
  14. civil town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States
  15. census-designated place in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
  16. commune in Vaucluse, France
  17. French multinational telecommunications corporation
  18. Japanese manga series
  19. Japanese animation studio
  20. unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana, United States
  21. human settlement in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
  22. city in Florida, United States
  23. city in California, United States
  24. South Korean girl group
  25. unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
  26. former unincorporated community in Georgia, United States
  27. bookstore chain in Bulgaria
  28. American pop punk/punk band
  29. unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
  30. Japanese manga series by Tatsuki Nōda
  31. human settlement in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States
  32. human settlement in Delaware County, Ohio, United States
  33. parish of Wellington County, New South Wales, Australia
  34. county in Florida, United States
  35. parish of Bathurst County, New South Wales, Australia
  36. Japanese anime television series
  37. Japanese Light novel
  38. short story by Neil Gaiman
  39. 1958 United States nuclear test
  40. video game developed by Sky and Earth
  41. Vietnamese singer-songwriter (born 1997)
  42. township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
  43. town in Orange County, Virginia, United States
  44. town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
  45. county in California, United States
  46. county in New York, United States
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noun

  1. a type of citrus fruit
  2. a colour between yellow and red; the colour of the fruit of the same name
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adjective

  1. having the color between red and yellow
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɒ.ɹɪnd͡ʒ/ / /ˈɔɹ.ənd͡ʒ/ / /ˈɑɹ.ənd͡ʒ/ / /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/ / /ˈɒɹənd͡ʒ/ / /ˈɒɹɪnʒ/

adj

Etymology: Some senses from French Orange, from Latin Arausiō, from Gaulish. Other senses from the common noun orange, ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).

  1. Relating to the Orange Order.

name

Etymology: Some senses from French Orange, from Latin Arausiō, from Gaulish. Other senses from the common noun orange, ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).

  1. A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
  2. The Orange River (the longest river in South Africa).
  3. A city in New South Wales; named for William II of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange from 1815 to 1840.
  4. A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.
  5. A number of places in the United States:

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  23. Prince or Princess of Orange. Title of the first-born to the Dutch Royal House.
  24. a Loyalist or a member of the Orange Order; someone, usually a Protestant, who advocates keeping Northern Ireland under British control.
  25. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ Old Occitan auranjainflu. Old French pomme d'orenge Old French orenge Middle French orangebor. Middle English orenge English orange Inherited from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“fruit orange”), influenced by the place name Orange (which is from Gaulish and unrelated to the word for the fruit and colour) and by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and un'arancia (“an orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Early Classical Persian نَارَنْگْ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy), compound of நாரம் (nāram, “water”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము, నారింజ (nāraṅgamu, nāriñja), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)). Doublet of aranzada. Originally borrowed as the surname (derived from the place name) in the 13th century, before the sense of the fruit was imported in the late 14th century and the colour in 1510. In the colour sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.

  1. An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
  2. Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
  3. Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
  4. The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
  5. Various drinks

    “What you drinking?” “Orange and soda will go down nicely, thanks.” “Pint?” “Sure.” Andy headed for the bar, stopping along the way to kiss Shaunna and check she and Kris were OK for a drink. “Everything all right?” Sean asked.

    I ran out into the street and around the block, searching everywhere, and finally burst into O'Dowd's pub around the corner to see Thomas sitting at the bar drinking orange and eating a bag of crisps with two old men.

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  9. A rarely-used nontraditional tincture found in Catalan, South African, and French municipal heraldry.
  10. An orange-coloured roundel.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ Old Occitan auranjainflu. Old French pomme d'orenge Old French orenge Middle French orangebor. Middle English orenge English orange Inherited from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“fruit orange”), influenced by the place name Orange (which is from Gaulish and unrelated to the word for the fruit and colour) and by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and un'arancia (“an orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Early Classical Persian نَارَنْگْ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy), compound of நாரம் (nāram, “water”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము, నారింజ (nāraṅgamu, nāriñja), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)). Doublet of aranzada. Originally borrowed as the surname (derived from the place name) in the 13th century, before the sense of the fruit was imported in the late 14th century and the colour in 1510. In the colour sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.

  1. To colour orange.

    It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold

    Jeff winked his eyes sleepily open and looked out into the cool flush of early morning. The east was oranged over with daybreak.

  2. To become orange.

    Cranes in the distance against the background of the slowly oranging sky

    It will be followed by a disappearance of the cash I had hidden in a sealed envelope behind the oranging Modigliani print over the living room couch.