name
Meaning 1
An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Java
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/
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jäʹ-və
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rhymes with -ɑːvə
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homophone: java
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/ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/
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name
Meaning 2
An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-languages, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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name
Meaning 3
JavaScript (by confusion with Java).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed
Topics: computer-languages, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
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noun
Meaning 5
A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Coffee in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
a platform-independent object-oriented programming language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: object-oriented programming language, object-oriented programing language
noun
Meaning 9
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he ordered a cup of coffee
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coffee
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
Narrower terms: coffee substitute, Irish coffee, cafe au lait, cafe noir, demitasse, decaffeinated coffee, decaf, drip coffee, espresso, cappuccino, cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino, iced coffee, ice coffee, instant coffee, mocha, mocha coffee, Turkish coffee, cafe royale, coffee royal
noun
Meaning 10
an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: island
History
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.
From Java, an island on and near which a particular blend of coffee is made. The US use of the term to refer to any coffee originated in San Francisco, an early center of the US coffee trade.
Borrowed from French java.
Across languages
Translations
147 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Acehnese: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Afrikaans: Java — island of Indonesia
- Amharic: ጃዋ (ǧawa) — island of Indonesia
- Arabic: جَاوَة (jāwa) — island of Indonesia
- Arabic: جاوة (jāwa) — island of Indonesia
- Armenian: Ճավա (Čava) — island of Indonesia
- Azerbaijani: Yava — island of Indonesia
- Balinese: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Basque: Java — island of Indonesia
- Toba Batak: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Belarusian: Ява — island of Indonesia
- Bengali: জাভা (jabha) — island of Indonesia
- Buginese: ᨍᨓ (Jawa) — island of Indonesia
- Bulgarian: Я́ва — island of Indonesia
- Burmese: ယဝဒီပ (ya.wa.dipa.) — island of Indonesia
- Burmese: ဂျားဗား (gya:ba:) — island of Indonesia
- Catalan: Java — island of Indonesia
- Cebuano: Java — island of Indonesia
- Chinese Cantonese: 爪哇 (zaau2 waa1) — island of Indonesia
- Chinese Mandarin: 爪哇(島) /爪哇 — island of Indonesia
- Czech: Jáva — island of Indonesia
- Danish: Java — island of Indonesia
- Dutch: Java — island of Indonesia
- Esperanto: Javo — island of Indonesia
- Estonian: Jaava — island of Indonesia
- Farefare: Iava — island of Indonesia
- Farefare: Yava — island of Indonesia
- Farefare: Zava — island of Indonesia
- Finnish: Jaava — island of Indonesia
- French: Java — island of Indonesia
- Galician: Xava — island of Indonesia
- Georgian: იავა (iava) — island of Indonesia
- German: Java — island of Indonesia
- Gorontalo: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Greek: Ιάβα (Iáva) — island of Indonesia
- Gujarati: જાવા (jāvā) — island of Indonesia
- Hebrew: ג׳אווה — island of Indonesia
- Hindi: जावा (jāvā) — island of Indonesia
- Hindi: यवद्वीप (yavadvīp) — island of Indonesia
- Hungarian: Jáva — island of Indonesia
- Icelandic: Java — island of Indonesia
- Indonesian: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Indonesian: pulau Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Interlingua: Java — island of Indonesia
- Irish: Iáva — island of Indonesia
- Italian: Giava — island of Indonesia
- Japanese: ジャワ (Jawa) — island of Indonesia
- Japanese: ジャワ島 (Jawa-tō) — island of Indonesia
- Javanese: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Javanese: pulo Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Kannada: ಜಾವಾ (jāvā) — island of Indonesia
- Kazakh: Ява (Äva) — island of Indonesia
- Khmer: ជ្វា (cvie) — island of Indonesia
- Korean: 자와 (Jawa) — island of Indonesia
- Northern Kurdish: Java — island of Indonesia
- Kyrgyz: Ява (Yava) — island of Indonesia
- Latvian: Java — island of Indonesia
- Lithuanian: Java — island of Indonesia
- Macedonian: Јава — island of Indonesia
- Madurese: Jhâbâ — island of Indonesia
- Malagasy: Java — island of Indonesia
- Malay: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Malayalam: ജാവ (jāva) — island of Indonesia
- Maori: Tiawha — island of Indonesia
- Maori: Hawa — island of Indonesia
- Marathi: जावा (jāvā) — island of Indonesia
- Minangkabau: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Mongolian: Жава (Žava) — island of Indonesia
- Muna: Dhawa — island of Indonesia
- Nepali: जावा (jāwā) — island of Indonesia
- Odia: ଜାଭା (jābhā) — island of Indonesia
- Persian: جاوه (jâve) — island of Indonesia
- Polish: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Portuguese: Java — island of Indonesia
- Punjabi: ਜਾਵਾ (jāvā) — island of Indonesia
- Romanian: Java — island of Indonesia
- Russian: Я́ва — island of Indonesia
- Sanskrit: यव (yava) — island of Indonesia
- Sanskrit: यवद्वीप (yavadvīpa) — island of Indonesia
- Sanskrit: यव द्वीप (yava dvīpa) — island of Indonesia
- Serbo-Croatian: Јава — island of Indonesia
- Serbo-Croatian: Java — island of Indonesia
- Sinhalese: ජාවා (jāwā) — island of Indonesia
- Slovak: Jáva — island of Indonesia
- Slovene: Java — island of Indonesia
- Spanish: Java — island of Indonesia
- Sundanese: Jawa — island of Indonesia
- Tagalog: Haba — island of Indonesia
- Tajik: Ҷава — island of Indonesia
- Tamil: ஜாவா (jāvā) — island of Indonesia
- Tamil: இயவதீவு (iyavatīvu) — island of Indonesia
- Telugu: జావా (jāvā) — island of Indonesia
- Telugu: యవద్వీపము (yavadvīpamu) — island of Indonesia
- Thai: ชวา (chá-waa) — island of Indonesia
- Tibetan: ཇ་ཝ (ja wa) — island of Indonesia
- Turkish: Java — island of Indonesia
- Turkish: Cava — island of Indonesia
- Ukrainian: Ява — island of Indonesia
- Urdu: جاوا (jāvā) — island of Indonesia
- Uzbek: Java — island of Indonesia
- Volapük: Yafeän — island of Indonesia
- Arabic: جَافَا (jāfā) — programming language
- Arabic: جَافَا (javā) — programming language
- Arabic: Java — programming language
- Arabic: جافا (jāfa, jāva) — programming language
- Belarusian: Джава (Džava) — programming language
- Belarusian: Ява — programming language
- Belarusian: Java — programming language
- Bulgarian: Джа́ва — programming language
- Bulgarian: Java — programming language
- Chinese Mandarin: 爪哇 (Zhǎowā or Zhuǎwā) — programming language
- Chinese Mandarin: Java — programming language
- Czech: Java — programming language
- Danish: java — programming language
- Danish: Java — programming language
- Dutch: Java — programming language
- Finnish: Java — programming language
- French: Java — programming language
- Georgian: ჯავა (ǯava) — programming language
- German: Java — programming language
- Hebrew: ג׳אווה — programming language
- Hindi: जावा (jāvā) — programming language
- Hungarian: Java — programming language
- Italian: Java — programming language
- Japanese: ジャバ (jaba) — programming language
- Japanese: ジャヴァ (java) — programming language
- Korean: 자바 (Jaba) — programming language
- Northern Kurdish: Java — programming language
- Macedonian: Џава (Džava) — programming language
- Macedonian: Јава — programming language
- Macedonian: Java — programming language
- Marathi: जावा (jāvā) — programming language
- Persian: جاوا (jâvâ) — programming language
- Polish: Java — programming language
- Portuguese: Java — programming language
- Russian: Джа́ва — programming language
- Russian: Я́ва — programming language
- Serbo-Croatian: Џава — programming language
- Serbo-Croatian: Јава — programming language
- Serbo-Croatian: Džáva — programming language
- Serbo-Croatian: Java — programming language
- Swedish: Java — programming language
- Thai: จาวา (jaa-wâa) — programming language
- Turkish: Java — programming language
- Ukrainian: Джа́ва — programming language
- Ukrainian: Я́ва — programming language
- Ukrainian: Java — programming language