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Definition of Javan
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language. "Javanese dialects"
2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Java.
Group relationships: Java
Generic synonyms: Indonesian
Derivative terms: 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
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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