boarding school
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boarding school
- /ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/ UK
- /ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/ US
noun boarding schools
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A residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level.
[…] a pan-Indian movement based on the successes of the Black Power Movement […] had its roots [in] the 1870-1933 Native American boarding school experiences of their parents and grandparents. It was in these boarding schools where Native language, culture and ceremony would be beaten out of the Nat
Similar: residential school
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noun school which provides board and lodging
| Español | internado, escuela internada, pensionado, escuela pensionada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기숙학교 gisukhakgyo |
| 日本語 | 寄宿学校 kishuku gakkō, ボーディングスクール bōdingu sukūru |
| 中文 | 寄宿學校 /寄宿学校 jìsù xuéxiào |
| हिन्दी | छात्रालय chātrālay |
| Kiswahili | shule ya bweni |
| Português | colégio interno, internato |
| Français | pensionnat, internat |
| Deutsch | Internat, Pensionat |
| Italiano | collegio, convitto, internato |
| Ελληνικά | οικοτροφείο oikotrofeío |
| Română | școală-internat, școală cu internat |
| Русский | интерна́т intɛrnát, шко́ла-интерна́т škóla-intɛrnát |
| Tiếng Việt | trường nội trú |
| العربية | مَدْرَسَة دَاخِلِيَّة madrasa dāḵiliyya |
| עברית | פנימייה pnimiyá |
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