sekolah lanjutan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sekolah (“school”) +‎ lanjutan (“advanced, continuation”), from calque from Dutch of school voor voortgezet onderwijs: school (“school”) + voor (“for”) + voortgezet onderwijs (“secondary education”, literally “continuing education”), or meer uitgebreid lager onderwijs (MULO): meer (“more”) + uitgebreid (“extensive”) + lager (“low”) + onderwijs (“school”). Replaced by sekolah menengah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈkolah lanˈd͡ʒutan]

Noun

sekolah lanjutan (plural sekolah-sekolah lanjutan)

1. (education, dated) high school (US), secondary school (UK)

   Synonym: sekolah menengah

Derived terms

• sekolah lanjutan tingkat atas
• sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama

Further reading

• “sekolah lanjutan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.