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Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) + atas (“high”), from
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah, mê‧nê‧ngah, a‧tas
Noun
sekolah menengah atas
- (education) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK), abbreviated as SMA.
Usage notes
This term was used from 1950 to 1961 and from 1968 to 1993 for general upper secondary education. Other similar terms are sekolah menengah tinggi (1942-1946), sekolah menengah umum atas (1946-1950), sekolah lanjutan tingkat atas (1963-1967) and sekolah menengah umum (1994-2004). This term has been in use since 2004 until today.
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