"marriage agency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: marriage agencies [plural]
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  1. A business that endeavors to introduce men and women for the purpose of marriage, dating or penpals. Translations (business): وَكَالَة زَوَاج (wakālat zawāj) [feminine] (Arabic), ամուսնական գործակալություն (amusnakan gorcakalutʻyun) (Armenian), шлю́бнае аге́нцтва (šljúbnaje ahjénctva) [neuter] (Belarusian), 婚姻介紹所 (Chinese Mandarin), 婚姻介绍所 (hūnyīn jièshàosuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), ægteskab agentur (Danish), avioliittovälittäjä (Finnish), agence de mariage [feminine] (French), ქორწინების სახლი (korc̣inebis saxli) (Georgian), Heiratagentur [feminine] (German), Heiratsbüro [neuter] (German), Ehevermittlung [feminine] (German), Partnervermittlung [feminine] (German), משרד שידוכים (misrád shidukhím) [masculine] (Hebrew), शादी एजेंसी (śādī ejensī) (Hindi), 結婚相談所 (kekkon sōdansho) (alt: けっこんそうだんしょ) (Japanese), ភ្នាក់ងារអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ (pneak ngie aa pie pi’pie) (Khmer), 결혼 대행사 (gyeolhon daehaengsa) (Korean), ekteskap byrå (Norwegian), آژانس ازدواج (âžâns ezdevâj) (Persian), agencja małżeństwa [feminine] (Polish), agência de casamento [feminine] (Portuguese), бра́чное аге́нтство (bráčnoje agéntstvo) [neuter] (Russian), бра́чная конто́ра (bráčnaja kontóra) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), agencia matrimonial [feminine] (Spanish), äktenskapsbyrå (Swedish), หน่วยงานสมรส (nùay ngaan sŏm rót) (Thai), шлю́бне аге́нтство (šljúbne ahéntstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), شادی ایجنسی (śādī ejensī) (Urdu), cơ quan hôn nhân (Vietnamese)

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