Java Definition
A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.
An island of Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago.
(computing) An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
(computing, proscribed) JavaScript, when no distinction is made between it and Java.
Other Word Forms of Java
Noun
Origin of Java
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.
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Possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”). Used in reference to coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850.
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After Java
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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