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Javanese

Javˊa-nese′

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Adj.

Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java.

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Noun.

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pl.

A native or natives of Java.

Definition 2025

Javanese

Javanese

English

Noun

Javanese ‎(plural Javanese)

A cat of the Javanese breed.

A person belonging to the native Austronesian people of the island of Java.
A domestic cat breed.
A cat of this breed.

Translations

person

Catalan: javanès m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 爪哇人 (zh) ‎(Zhǎowārén)
Danish: javaner c, javaneser c
Finnish: jaavalainen (fi)
French: Javanais (fr) m, Javanaise (fr) f
Galician: xavanés (gl) m
German: Javaner m, Javanerin f
Hindi: यवद्वीपी ‎(yavadvīpī)
Hungarian: jávai (hu)

Indonesian: orang Jawa
Javanese: wong Jawa
Khmer: ជ្វា (km) ‎(cvie)
Malay: orang Jawa, Jawa
Marathi: यवद्वीपी ‎(yavadvīpī)
Polish: Jawajczyk (pl) m, Jawajka (pl) f
Portuguese: javanês (pt) m, jau (pt) m, f
Russian: ява́нец (ru) m ‎(javánec), ява́нка (ru) f ‎(javánka)
Spanish: javanés (es) m
Swedish: javanes (sv) c

Proper noun

Javanese

A language spoken in Java.

Translations

language

Armenian: ճավայերեն (hy) ‎(čavayeren)
Catalan: javanès m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 爪哇語 (zh), 爪哇语 (zh) ‎(Zhǎowāyǔ)
Danish: javanesisk, javansk
Dutch: Javaans (nl)
Finnish: jaava (fi), jaavan kieli
French: javanais (fr) m
Galician: xavanés (gl) m
German: Javanisch (de) n
Hungarian: jávai (hu)

Indonesian: bahasa Jawa (id)
Japanese: ジャワ語 (ja) ‎(jawago)
Javanese: basa Jawa (jv)
Khmer: ជ្វា (km) ‎(cvie)
Malay: bahasa Jawa, Jawa
Polish: (język) jawajski (pl) m
Portuguese: javanês (pt) m, jau (pt) m
Russian: ява́нский (ru) m ‎(javánskij) (язы́к)
Spanish: javanés (es) m
Swedish: javanesiska (sv) c

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Javanese terms