Java
['dʒɑːvə]
Definition
(noun.) a platform-independent object-oriented programming language.
(noun.) an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions.
Edited by Ahmed--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.
(n.) Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.
Typed by Hester
Examples
- In 1515 there were Portuguese ships in Java and the Moluccas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are various other fibers known under the name of hemp, the New Zealand, African, Java, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The voyage was rough and the little Java justified her reputation by jumping all over the ocean. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A list of the genera of plants collected on the loftier peaks of Java, raises a picture of a collection made on a hillock in Europe. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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