MADRASA

• MADRASA (noun)
  The noun MADRASA has 1 sense:

1. Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan

  Familiarity information: MADRASA used as a noun is very rare.

• MADRASA (noun)

Meaning:

Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

madrasa; madrasah

Context examples:

the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students / many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported with money from Saudi Arabia

Hypernyms ("madrasa" 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)

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)