PESANTRAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders; produces young militants skilled in jihad

Synonyms:

pesantran; pesantren

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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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