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Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) + tinggi (“high”), calque from Japanese 高等中学校 (kōtōchūgakkō, literally “higher secondary (middle) school”). The post-war Japanese term is 高等学校 (kōtōgakkō).
Pronunciation
Noun
sekolah menengah tinggi
- (education, historical) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK), abbreviated SMT.
- Hampir semua tipe dari sekolah umum dan kejuruan level menengah atas disatukan dan dinamai ulang menjadi Sekolah Menengah Tinggi (SMT, dalam bahasa lndonesia) atau Kotto Chu Gakko (dalam bahasa Jepang).[1] ― Almost all upper secondary education institution were merged and renamed as higher secondary school or 高等中學校.
Usage notes
The terms for general upper secondary education are sekolah menengah tinggi (1942-1946), sekolah menengah umum atas (1946-1950), sekolah lanjutan tingkat atas (1963-1967), sekolah menengah umum (1994-2004), and sekolah menengah atas (1950-1961, 1968-1993, 2004-now).
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References
- ^ 2006, Yudi Latif, Inteligensia Muslim dan Kuasa: Genealogi Inteligensia Muslim Indonesia Abad ke-20, Mizan Pustaka (→ISBN), page 235.