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her·mit·age

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–noun

1.	the habitation of a hermit.

2.	any secluded place of residence or habitation; retreat; hideaway.

3.	(initial capital letter) a palace in Leningrad built by Catherine II and now used as an art museum.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF. See hermit, -age

]

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her·mit·age Audio Help (hûr'mĭ-tĭj) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.
2. A monastery or abbey.
A place where one can live in seclusion; a retreat.
The condition or way of life of a hermit.

[Middle English, from Old French hermitage, from heremite, hermit; see hermit.]

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Her·mi·tage Audio Help (ěr'mĭ-täzh') Pronunciation Key
n. A rich, full-bodied, usually red wine produced in southeast France.

[After Tain l'Hermitage, a village of southeast France.]

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hermitage
noun
the abode of a hermit

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ˈhermitage [-tidʒ] noun

the place where a hermit lives

Arabic:	صَوْمَعَه
Chinese (Simplified):	隐士住处
Chinese (Traditional):	隱士住處
Czech:	poustevna
Danish:	eremitbolig
Dutch:	kluizenarij
Estonian:	erakla
Finnish:	erakkomaja
French:	ermitage
German:	die Einsiedelei
Greek:	ερημητήριο
Hungarian:	remetelak
Icelandic:	bústaður einsetumanns
Indonesian:	pertapaan
Italian:	eremo

Japanese:	隠者のすみか
Korean:	은둔자의 오두막
Latvian:	vientuļnieka mītne
Lithuanian:	atsiskyrėlio būstas
Norwegian:	eneboerhytte, eremittbolig
Polish:	pustelnia
Portuguese (Brazil):	eremitério
Portuguese (Portugal):	ermida
Romanian:	schit
Russian:	приют отшельника
Slovak:	pustovňa
Slovenian:	puščavnikovo bivališče
Spanish:	ermita
Swedish:	eremitage
Turkish:	inziva yeri

See also: hermit, hermit crab

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Hermitage, MO (city, FIPS 31780) Location: 37.94498 N, 93.32325 W
Population (1990): 512 (216 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65668

Hermitage, PA (city, FIPS 34064) Location: 41.22985 N, 80.44292 W
Population (1990): 15300 (6359 housing units)
Area: 76.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16148

Hermitage, TN Zip code(s): 37076

Hermitage, AR (town, FIPS 31540) Location: 33.44723 N, 92.17021 W
Population (1990): 639 (311 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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