English Explanatory Dictionary

Java

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
  2. An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
  3. JavaScript (by confusion with Java).
noun
  1. A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
noun
  1. A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
  2. Coffee in general.
noun
  1. A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/ jäʹ-və LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Java.wav /ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-java.wav

Word forms

Java Javas

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese Jawa, via Franco-Italian and Latin, possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”), used in reference to the coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850. The programming language (initially called Oak) is a reference to java, the blend of coffee from the island.

Related words

Java

Derived words

Blue Java Java black rot Java canvas Java cat Java mouse-deer Javanese Java peacock Java pepper Java plum Java sparrow AspectJ Hyper/J JavaFX JavaScript jamoke javalike
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