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pondok

Also pon·dok·kie

[pon-dok]

noun

South African.
  1. a crudely built hut or shelter formed of sheets of corrugated iron, tin, etc.; shanty.



pondok

/ pɒnˈdɒkɪ, ˈpɒndɒk /

noun

  1. (in southern Africa) a crudely made house built of tin sheet, reeds, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pondok1

First recorded in 1805–15; of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pondok1

C20: from Malay pondók leaf house
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Example Sentences

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"This is a positive measure for the shopping mall. So that visitors can be assured that everyone who enters the mall has been scanned and considered safe and healthy," said Eka Dewanto, the general manager of Pondok Indah Mall in north Jakarta.

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Nadi, the Pondok Ranggon cemetery’s management officer, who also goes by one name, told the Jakarta Post in September there was space left for only 1,100 more burials for covid-19 victims, and the facility would near critical capacity within weeks.

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Workers carry out a burial wearing full protective equipment at Pondok Ranggon COVID-19 cemetery in Jakarta.Credit:

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But Imang Maulana endures in his daily engagement with the red clay of Pondok Ranggon Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, lowering white coffins sealed in plastic into graves reserved for victims of the coronavirus.

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It was for this reason that Shinta helped found the Pondok Pesantren Waria al-Fatah, the world’s only Islamic boarding school for transgender people.

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