"junior high school" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: junior high schools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} junior high school (countable and uncountable, plural junior high schools)
  1. (education) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. In the US, it often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9. Wikipedia link: junior high school Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Education, Schools Synonyms (school between elementary and high school): intermediate high school, intermediate school, junior high, middle school Translations (school for children that have completed elementary school): 初級中學 (Chinese Mandarin), 初级中学 (chūjí zhōngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 初中 (chūzhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), peruskoulun yläaste (Finnish), γυμνάσιο (gymnásio) [neuter] (Greek), sekolah menengah pertama (Indonesian), scuola media [feminine] (Italian), trường trung học cơ sở (Vietnamese)

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