Java

See also: java, javā, Jáva, jäva, and Javą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa), 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/, enPR: jäʹ-və
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːvə
  • Homophone: java

Proper noun

Java

  1. An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
  2. (computer languages) An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
  3. (computer languages, proscribed) JavaScript (by confusion with Java).
    • 1996 October 6, Timothy Litwiller, “HOW TO MAKE A JAVA ALERT POP UP ON LOAD”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
    • 1996 December 10, Cédric Bouckaert, “onBlur event handler with input fields”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
      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 value and then a java... get the picture ?
    • 1997 January 7, Kenneth Roddy, “Java Alert Messages When Netscape Home Page Loads”, in comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows (Usenet):
    • 1997 February 18, AG, “alert...is there a way of controling font size and style when java alert window opens”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
      I created an alert window using java script, but I found the fonts too small. Is there a way of controling font size and style when java alert window opens.
    • 2003 April 8, mpaulopes, “Passing values to a Java popup windows”, in macromedia.coldfusion.cfml_general_discussion (Usenet):

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Translations

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Noun

Java (plural Javas)

  1. A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.

Further reading

Catalan

Proper noun

Java f

  1. Java (an island of Indonesia)

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

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The neighbourhood is named after the Indonesian island.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaː.vaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧va

Proper noun

Java n

  1. Java (island of Indonesia)
  2. a neighbourhood of Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒa.va/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Java f

  1. Java (Island)
    L'île de Java.Java island.

Proper noun

Java m

  1. Java (programming language)

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Java n (proper noun, genitive Javas or (optionally with an article) Java)

  1. Java (an island of Indonesia, the world's most populous island)

Proper noun

Java n (proper noun, strong, genitive Javas)

  1. Java (programming language)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Java, from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa), possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʐa.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: Ja‧va

Proper noun

Java f

  1. Java (programming language)

Declension

Further reading

  • Java in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒa.vɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒa.va/
 

  • Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧va

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Java f

  1. Java (an island of Indonesia)

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English Java.

Proper noun

Java m

  1. (computing) Java (programming language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxaba/ [ˈxa.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: Ja‧va

Proper noun

Java f

  1. Java (an island of Indonesia)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tagalog: Haba

Proper noun

Java m

  1. Java (programming language)

Derived terms

Swedish

Proper noun

Java n (genitive Javas)

  1. Java (an island of Indonesia)

See also

Further reading

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