"secondary school" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: secondary schools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} secondary school (countable and uncountable, plural secondary schools)
  1. (education, British, Ireland) In the UK and Ireland, a state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18. Tags: British, Ireland, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Schools
    Sense id: en-secondary_school-en-noun-0AUBZguq Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 18 19 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 21 13 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 17 18 35 Topics: education
  2. (education, Canada, US) The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades. Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Schools
    Sense id: en-secondary_school-en-noun-kaniSyfi Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 18 19 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 21 13 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 17 18 35 Topics: education
  3. (education, Hong Kong) School with education level between primary school and university. Tags: Hong-Kong, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Schools, Schools
    Sense id: en-secondary_school-en-noun-9eNQcRcP Disambiguation of Schools: 20 11 43 25 Categories (other): Hong Kong English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 18 19 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 21 13 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 17 18 35 Topics: education
  4. (education, Singapore) Middle school; junior high school; a school that one attends between the ages of 12-17 (equivalent of grades 7-10 in North America, and years 7-10 in Australia). Tags: Singapore, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Schools
    Sense id: en-secondary_school-en-noun-lxUkLuIw Categories (other): Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 18 19 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 21 13 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 17 18 35 Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: high school (english: equivalent in the US) Related terms: postsecondary school, secondary education, secondary modern, comprehensive, grammar school, junior school, middle school Coordinate_terms: primary school, tertiary education, tertiary-level education Translations: مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة (alt: madrasa(t) ṯānawiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ثَانَوِيَّة (ṯānawiyya) (Arabic), orta məktəb (Azerbaijani), dəbiristan [South-Azerbaijani] (Azerbaijani), skulah menengah (Brunei Malay), 中學 (Chinese Mandarin), 中学 (zhōngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), secundaire school [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), school voor voortgezet onderwijs [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), middelbare school [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), gimnazio (Esperanto), mezlernejo (Esperanto), liceo (Esperanto), yläaste ja lukio (Finnish), école secondaire [feminine] (French), lycée (english: equivalent in France) [masculine] (French), collège [Switzerland, masculine] (French), Mittelschule (english: the age of 10 to 16) [feminine] (German), Oberschule (english: various types of schools) [feminine] (German), λύκειο (lýkeio) [neuter] (Greek), középiskola (Hungarian), framhaldsskóli [masculine] (Icelandic), menntaskóli [masculine] (Icelandic), gimnazio (Ido), sekolah menengah (Indonesian), sekolah lanjutan (Indonesian), ardscoil [feminine] (Irish), meánscoil [feminine] (Irish), liceo (lyceum) [masculine] (Italian), ginnasio (note: first 2 years of a "classical lyceum") [masculine] (Italian), liceo classico (english: classical lyceum) [masculine] (Italian), liceo scientifico (english: scientific lyceum) [masculine] (Italian), liceo linguistico (english: linguistic lyceum) [masculine] (Italian), liceo artistico (art lyceum) [masculine] (Italian), scuola secondaria (english: general sense) [feminine] (Italian), scuola superiore (english: general sense) [feminine] (Italian), 中学校 (chūgakkō) (english: the age of 13 to 15) (alt: ちゅうがっこう) (Japanese), 高校 (kōkō) (english: the age of 16 to 18) (Japanese), សាលាទុតិយៈ (sala tu teh yak) (Khmer), អនុវិទ្យាល័យ (ak nu vi tyea lay) (Khmer), vidusskola [feminine] (Latvian), Lycée [neuter] (Luxembourgish), средно училиште (sredno učilište) [neuter] (Macedonian), sekolah menengah (Malay), ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ (dulimbai tacikū) (Manchu), دبیرستان (dabirestân) (Persian), szkoła średnia [feminine] (Polish), secundária [masculine] (Portuguese), liceu [masculine] (Portuguese), liceu [neuter] (Romanian), școală secundară [feminine] (Romanian), gimnaziu [neuter] (Romanian), сре́дняя шко́ла (srédnjaja škóla) [feminine] (Russian), àrd-sgoil [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), stredná škola (Slovak), secundaria [feminine] (Spanish), escuela secundaria [feminine] (Spanish), sekondari (Swahili), shule ya upili (Swahili), shule ya sekondari (Swahili), mataas na paaralan (Tagalog), paaralang sekundaryo (Tagalog), sekundarya (Tagalog), trường trung học (Vietnamese), ysgol uwchradd [feminine] (Welsh), cunghyoz (Zhuang)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "liceo linguistico"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liceo artistico (art lyceum)"
    },
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      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "it",
      "english": "general sense",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuola secondaria"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "it",
      "english": "general sense",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuola superiore"
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    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "word": "中学校"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
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      "word": "高校"
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    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sala tu teh yak",
      "word": "សាលាទុតិយៈ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ak nu vi tyea lay",
      "word": "អនុវិទ្យាល័យ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vidusskola"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lycée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sredno učilište",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "средно училиште"
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    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "word": "sekolah menengah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "dulimbai tacikū",
      "word": "ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dabirestân",
      "word": "دبیرستان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szkoła średnia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secundária"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liceu"
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    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "liceu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "școală secundară"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gimnaziu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srédnjaja škóla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сре́дняя шко́ла"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "àrd-sgoil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "word": "stredná škola"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secundaria"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escuela secundaria"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "word": "sekondari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "word": "shule ya upili"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "word": "shule ya sekondari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "mataas na paaralan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "paaralang sekundaryo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "sekundarya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "trường trung học"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ysgol uwchradd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "28 13 27 32",
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "word": "cunghyoz"
    }
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    "secondary school"
  ],
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}
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    },
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      "word": "comprehensive"
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      "word": "grammar school"
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      "word": "junior school"
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      "word": "middle school"
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      "categories": [
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          "ref": "2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 77",
          "text": "One of the key roles played by the Whitby line is the transport of children from rural spots along the branch to secondary school in the coastal town.",
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      ],
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      ],
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        "(education, Canada, US) The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades."
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        "(education, Hong Kong) School with education level between primary school and university."
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    {
      "alt": "madrasa(t) ṯānawiyya",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṯānawiyya",
      "word": "ثَانَوِيَّة"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "word": "orta məktəb"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "tags": [
        "South-Azerbaijani"
      ],
      "word": "dəbiristan"
    },
    {
      "code": "kxd",
      "lang": "Brunei Malay",
      "word": "skulah menengah"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "中學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngxué",
      "word": "中学"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secundaire school"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "middelbare school"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "word": "gimnazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "word": "mezlernejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "word": "liceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "yläaste ja lukio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "école secondaire"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "english": "equivalent in France",
      "lang": "French",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lycée"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "tags": [
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "collège"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "the age of 10 to 16",
      "lang": "German",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mittelschule"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "various types of schools",
      "lang": "German",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oberschule"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λύκειο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "középiskola"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "framhaldsskóli"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menntaskóli"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "word": "gimnazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "word": "sekolah menengah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "word": "sekolah lanjutan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ardscoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meánscoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liceo (lyceum)"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "first 2 years of a \"classical lyceum\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ginnasio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "classical lyceum",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liceo classico"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "english": "scientific lyceum",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liceo scientifico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "linguistic lyceum",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liceo linguistico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liceo artistico (art lyceum)"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "general sense",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuola secondaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "general sense",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "alt": "ちゅうがっこう",
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      "english": "the age of 13 to 15",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūgakkō",
      "word": "中学校"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "the age of 16 to 18",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkō",
      "word": "高校"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sala tu teh yak",
      "word": "សាលាទុតិយៈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ak nu vi tyea lay",
      "word": "អនុវិទ្យាល័យ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vidusskola"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lycée"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sredno učilište",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "средно училиште"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "word": "sekolah menengah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "dulimbai tacikū",
      "word": "ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dabirestân",
      "word": "دبیرستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szkoła średnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secundária"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liceu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "liceu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "școală secundară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gimnaziu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srédnjaja škóla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сре́дняя шко́ла"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "àrd-sgoil"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "word": "stredná škola"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secundaria"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escuela secundaria"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "word": "sekondari"
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      "lang": "Swahili",
      "word": "shule ya upili"
    },
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "word": "shule ya sekondari"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "mataas na paaralan"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "paaralang sekundaryo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "sekundarya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "trường trung học"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ysgol uwchradd"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "word": "cunghyoz"
    }
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.