Harem
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The world knows the harem by way of the Ottoman Empire. The word itself means privacy that is very respected and honored.
In Western languages such as English, this term refers collectively to the women in any polygynous household as well as to the "no men allowed" area, or in more modern usage to a number of women followers or admirers of a man.
In other Western languages, the term seraglio - from an Italian variant of Persian saraay, meaning 'palace, enclosed courts' - has much the same connotations.
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