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national school

national school noun: a type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.

Noun

national school (plural national schools)

  1. (Malaysia) A type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.
    • My immediate inclination was to send her to the nearby Sekolah Kebangsaan - or National School.2016 November 25, Dharm Navaratnam, “Thank you to everyone in the SK Seri Hartamas community”, in Malaysiakini
    • So, physically place a national school next to vernacular schools, join them by physical link-ways, and then they share a common playing field – unity is expected to be generated over time.2020 April 27, Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, “Urgent task of new National Unity Ministry”, in New Straits Times

Antonyms of national school

Forms of national school

pluralnational schools

Origin of national school

A calque of Malay sekolah kebangsaan.

Questions about national school

What does national school mean?
National school means a type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.
What part of speech is national school?
National school is a noun.
What is the plural of national school?
The plural of national school is national schools.

Words near national school in the dictionary

  1. National Republicans
  2. national revival
  3. national revivals
  4. national road
  5. National Romanization
  6. national school
  7. national school bus chrome
  8. national schools
  9. national secondary school
  10. national secondary schools
  11. national security

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