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How to pronounce orphanage in American English
“orphanage” pronunciation by American speakers
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It was -- it used to be an orphanage, and now, it was half an orphanage,
The Obama White House
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to children at an orphanage in Croatia.
State Department
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we just had the 75th anniversary of the relationship with the Holy Family Home Orphanage and
U.S. Army
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