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Javanese

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

adjective

  1. of or relating to the island of Java, its people, or their language.


noun

, plural Jav·a·nese.
  1. a member of the native Malayan people of Java, especially of that branch of it in the central part of the island.
  2. the Austronesian language of central Java.

Javanese

/ ˌdʒɑːvəˈniːz /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Java, its people, or the Javanese language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. -nese a native or inhabitant of Java
  2. a Malayo-Polynesian language of Central and Eastern Java
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Javanese1

1695–1705; Javan ( Jav(a) + -an ) + -ese
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Example Sentences

Thousands of villagers who live on the slopes of Mount Merapi in Central Java welcome Ramadan with Nyadran, a Javanese ritual influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism that includes visiting, cleaning and decorating ancestors’ graves.

In particular, they studied the 'bonang', an instrument from the Javanese gamelan built from a collection of small gongs.

She later expanded it into a design company, working with Javanese and Chinese batik artists in developing her own designs.

Yogyakarta is an ancient center of Javanese culture and the seat of royal dynasties going back centuries.

On Wednesday, he is to travel to Yogyakarta, a city also on the island of Java that is the center of Javanese culture and the seat of royal dynasties going back centuries.

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