orphan
child whose parents are dead or have abandoned them permanently
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Summary
orphan is a condition[1]. orphan draws 2,457 Wikipedia views per month (condition category, ranking #9 of 42).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: legal status[3]
- Subclass of: child[4]
- Commons category: Orphans[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Orphans[6]
- Depicted by: The Captains of Bigallo offer the Orphans to Adopt[7]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
- Has characteristic: orphanhood[10]
- Different from: Orphanhood[11], rhymeless verse[12]
- Female form of label: orpheline[13], orfino[14], orfanino[15], orfana[16], òrfena[17], našlaitė[18]
- Male form of label: našlaitis[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
Why It Matters
orphan has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] orphan is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]