Javanese

[jav-uh-neez, -nees, jah-vuh-]

Jav·a·nese

[jav-uh-neez, -nees, jah-vuh-] adjective, noun, plural Jav·a·nese.
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the island of Java, its people, or their language.
noun
2.
a member of the native Malayan people of Java, especially of that branch of it in the central part of the island.
3.
the Austronesian language of central Java.

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Origin:
1695–1705; Javan (Jav(a) + -an) + -ese
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Javanese (ˌdʒɑːvəˈniːz)
 
adj
1.  of, relating to, or characteristic of Java, its people, or the Javanese language
 
n , -nese
2.  a native or inhabitant of Java
3.  a Malayo-Polynesian language of Central and Eastern Java

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