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Orphanage

/ˈɔrfənədʒ/
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(noun) A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

He delivered the package to the orphanage.
I was raised in an orphanage in Boston.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The children grew up in an ____ after losing both parents in the earthquake that destroyed their village.

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