sekolah menengah kejuruan
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) + kejuruan (“skill”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (education) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK) level (ISCED Level 3) vocational school, abbreviated SMK.
Usage notes
[edit]The term was derived from ambachtsschool (the Netherland) (now voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs).
Synonyms
[edit]- sekolah ambah (obsolete)
- kolej teknikal (Standard Malay)
Hypernyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sekolah menengah kejuruan” 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.