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Jawa.

Java (an island of Indonesia)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈd͡ʒawa/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒa.wa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. Java (an island of Indonesia)

  2. Javanese an indigenous language spoken by Javanese people

Where this word comes from

From Malay Jawa, from Javanese Jawa, * From Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”). * From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawa, from Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Cognate of Javanese jewawut (“foxtail millet”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.