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PESANTRAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pesantran mean?
• PESANTRAN (noun)
The noun PESANTRAN has 1 sense:
1. a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders; produces young militants skilled in jihad
Familiarity information: PESANTRAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders; produces young militants skilled in jihad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
pesantran; pesantren
Hypernyms ("pesantran" is a kind of...):
religious school (a school run by a religious body)
Domain region:
Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)
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