JAVANESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Javanese mean? 

• JAVANESE (noun)
  The noun JAVANESE has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Java

2. the Indonesian language spoken on Java

  Familiarity information: JAVANESE used as a noun is rare.

• JAVANESE (adjective)
  The adjective JAVANESE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language

  Familiarity information: JAVANESE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAVANESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Java

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Javan; Javanese

Hypernyms ("Javanese" is a kind of...):

Indonesian (a native or inhabitant of Indonesia)

Holonyms ("Javanese" is a member of...):

Java (an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions)

Derivation:

Javanese (of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Indonesian language spoken on Java

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Javanese" is a kind of...):

Bahasa; Bahasa Indonesia; Indonesian (the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia)

Derivation:

Javanese (of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language)

• JAVANESE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Javan; Javanese

Context example:

Javanese dialects

Pertainym:

Java (an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions)

Derivation:

Javanese (the Indonesian language spoken on Java)

Javanese (a native or inhabitant of Java)