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Javan.

Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˈd͡ʒɑːvən/

  1. Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java

    not-comparable

  2. Belonging to, or descended from, its Javanese main people and its culture

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese Jawa Javanese Jawabor. English Java Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Javan From Java + -an.

noun/ˈd͡ʒɑːvən/

  1. An inhabitant of the Indonesian island Java

  2. A member or descendant of Java's main, Javanese ethno-linguistic group, by far the largest in Indonesia

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese Jawa Javanese Jawabor. English Java Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Javan From Java + -an.

name/ˈd͡ʒeɪvən/

  1. The fourth son of Japheth

Where this word comes from

From Hebrew יוון / יָוָן (yaván), identified with Greece.

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