Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or belonging to Java, a large island of the East Indies belonging to the Dutch, southeast of Sumatra; Javanese.
  • noun A native of Java.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Java

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Examples

  • Its a must in almost all the functions & devastan javan in our place.

    Gold Rush 2007

  • We had already seen wild elephants, the rare oriental pied hornbill, a civet, giant javan porcupines, barking deer (which holy crap sound exactly like dogs), samba deer and macaques (monkeys).

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • We had already seen wild elephants, the rare oriental pied hornbill, a civet, giant javan porcupines, barking deer (which holy crap sound exactly like dogs), samba deer and macaques (monkeys).

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • We had already seen wild elephants, the rare oriental pied hornbill, a civet, giant javan porcupines, barking deer (which holy crap sound exactly like dogs), samba deer and macaques (monkeys).

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Wearing blue jeans, a black leather jacket, and hard-soled shoes that clicked as he strolled across my tiled living room floor, he could have fit right in with the youth -- or javan -- of northern Tehran who often had a Westernized look.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Wearing blue jeans, a black leather jacket, and hard-soled shoes that clicked as he strolled across my tiled living room floor, he could have fit right in with the youth -- or javan -- of northern Tehran who often had a Westernized look.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Wearing blue jeans, a black leather jacket, and hard-soled shoes that clicked as he strolled across my tiled living room floor, he could have fit right in with the youth -- or javan -- of northern Tehran who often had a Westernized look.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • NB: lagi merenung, mengeluh, dan berpikir kapan ya gajian dari javan

    Planet Ubuntu Indonesia 2009

  • NB: lagi merenung, mengeluh, dan berpikir kapan ya gajian dari javan

    Planet IF 2009

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