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MADRASAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Example:
many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported with money from Saudi Arabia
Synonyms:
madrasa; madrasah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("madrasah" is a kind of...):
religious school (a school run by a religious body)
Domain region:
Bangla Desh; Bangladesh; East Pakistan; People's Republic of Bangladesh (a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971. In local language, 'Bangladesh' means Land of the Bengalis ('Bangla' means Bengali, 'desh' means land or country))
Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
