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Can you define Matura

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What does the word Matura mean ?

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updated Sep 19, 2011
posted by Hotdiva39

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I don't know.

But

Madura

means mature, or ripe.

updated Sep 19, 2011
posted by Jeremias
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"Matura or various words like it (Matur, Maturita, Maturità, Maturität, ??????) is a word meaning 'leaving exam' and is commonly used in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine (obsolete in Ukrainian) for the leaving exams young adults (age usually 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education."

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updated Sep 19, 2011
posted by 1SpanishDictUser
So, like an "exit exam?" :) - cristalino, Sep 19, 2011
and an 'entrance exam' - 1SpanishDictUser, Sep 19, 2011
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There must be a spelling mistake because it's not Spanish word.

I'm gessing it's Madura = Mature or ripe (female)

Matura is actually Italian for the same as above

updated Sep 19, 2011
posted by geouk