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)

1. 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.