PESANTREN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pesantren mean? 

• PESANTREN (noun)
  The noun PESANTREN has 1 sense:

1. a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders; produces young militants skilled in jihad

  Familiarity information: PESANTREN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PESANTREN (noun)

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 ("pesantren" 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)