Definition of Javan

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Java.

Exact synonyms: Javanese
Group relationships: Java
Generic synonyms: Indonesian
Derivative terms: Javanese

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language. "Javanese dialects"
Exact synonyms: Javanese
Partainyms: Java, Java
Derivative terms: Java, Javanese, Javanese

Definition of Javan

1. Adjective. Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java ¹

2. Adjective. Belonging to, or descended from, its Malay main people and its culture ¹

3. Noun. An inhabitant of the Indonesian island Java ¹

4. Noun. A member or descendant of Java's main, Malay ethno-linguistic group, by far the largest in Indonesia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Javan

JavaScript
JavaScripted
JavaScripting
Java Modeling Language
Java Sea
Java cat
Java cats
Java finch
Java man
Java men
Java olives
Java pepper
Java sparrow
Java sparrows
Javalike
Javan (current term)
Javan tiger
Javan tigers
Javanese
Javanthropus
Javel water
Javelle water
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawjah
Jawjuh
Jaworski's bodies
Jaws of Life
Jaxon
Jay
Jay Cooke

Literary usage of Javan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"Of Javan the fourth son of Japhet; and of Mesch of Aram, and Meshech of Japhet. OF Javan, the fourth son of Japhet, came the lones, which were afterwards ..."

2. The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles, Sophia Raffles (1830)
"THE extensive prevalence of the Javan language, and its connexion with the languages of continental India, were not overlooked by those intelligent ..."

3. The Conquest of Britain by the Saxons: A Harmony of the "Historia Britonum by Daniel Henry Haigh (1861)
"13 Javan is associated with his brothers Meshech and Tubal, and these two occur again in ... Thus Woden may be inferred to have been related to Javan, ..."

4. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"Tongue, lela, Mal. ; leda, Javan. Hand, ¡angham, Mad. ; laugan, Javan. ... Mai.; Javan, &c. Days of the week, commencing at Monday, in Malay, »enen«, ..."

5. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1847)
"... Mohammedanism was, as we have seen, derived from the Indian continent, and was diffused among them through the medium of Javan commerce and navigation. ..."

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