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Java¹
- /ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/
Sounds like java · Rhymes with -ɑːvə
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun
- An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
- An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language. The awesome power of RSS delivered to me this morning a link to a new blog post by Robert X Cringeley. The post, The second coming of Java got me thinking.
- JavaScript (by confusion with Java). In the input tag I include the onBlur="myfunction()" which checks if the field is filled (displays an alert if necessary and resets the focus). If I leave the first field I get an java alert which says that field two should have a value and then a java alert which says that field one should have a v
noun Javas
- A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
java²
- /ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/
Rhymes with -ɑːvə
Where it comes from
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.
noun javas
- A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
- Coffee in general. 45 have some joe Week's almost over—now bring it home. Austrian researchers found that a cup of java resulted in a 45-minute boost of brain activity in the regions responsible for attention, concentration, and short-term memory.
java³
- /ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/
Rhymes with -ɑːvə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French java.
noun javas
- A dance popular in France in the early 20th century. The java is the dance of the moment among a certain less desirable crowd, and this prohibition is enough to keep out the desperadoes who foregather every afternoon at the Petit-Balcon dance hall down the street.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: coffee, sumatra, bali, javascript, cuppa, idl, dancing, dry, joe, jawa, joao, black gold, brew, mud, rocket fuel, tar
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Talk about this word "java." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/java. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. java. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/java "java." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/java.Cite this
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title = {java},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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