sekolah menengah atas

Indonesian

Etymology

From sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) +‎ atas (“upper”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈkolah mənəˈŋah ˈatas]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah, mê‧nê‧ngah, a‧tas

Noun

sekolah menengah atas

1. (education) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK), abbreviated SMA.

Synonyms

• sekolah lanjutan tingkat atas (dated)
• sekolah menengah umum (dated)

Further reading

• “sekolah menengah atas” 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.