leper colony

English

Etymology

Popularized during the period of New Imperialism, when leprosy was largely absent in Europe but seen as a growing threat in its colonial empires.

Noun

leper colony (plural leper colonies)

An isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

Synonyms

leprosarium, leprosaria (formal); leper village, leprosy village (chiefly China)

Translations

isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery

Afrikaans: melaatse kolonie
Belarusian: лепразорый m (ljeprazóryj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麻風村／麻风村, 麻风村 (máfēngcūn)
Czech: leprosárium
Dutch: leprozerie (nl) f, lazerij (nl) f, leprakolonie f
Estonian: leprosoorium
French: léproserie (fr) f
Galician: leprosaría (gl), leprosería (gl) f, malataría f
German: Leprakolonie f, Leprosorium (de) n, Leprastation f
Greek: λεπροκομείο (el) n (leprokomeío)
Icelandic: holdsveikraspítali
Ido: leprozeyo (io)
Italian: lebbrosario m, lebbrasorio m
Kazakh: лепрозорий (leprozorii)
Kyrgyz: лепрозорий (leprozoriy)
Latin: leprosarium, leprosaria
Lithuanian: leprozoriumas m
Norwegian: leprosarium
Ossetian: лепрозори (leprozori)
Polish: leprozorium (pl)
Portuguese: leprosaria f, leprosário (pt) m
Russian: лепрозо́рий (ru) m (leprozórij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лепрозаријум m

Latin: leprozarijum m
Spanish: leprosería (es) f
Swedish: spetälskesjukhus n
Tajik: махавхона (maxavxona), табобатхонаи махавҳо (tabobatxonayi maxavho)
Tatar: лепрозорий (leprozoriy)
Turkish: miskinhane (tr)
Turkmen: leprozoriý
Ukrainian: лепрозорій m (leprozorij)
Uzbek: leprozoriy (uz), moxovxona

References

“leper-colony”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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