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Jav.

Jav. is the abbreviation of Javanese.

Meaning of Javanese

Proper noun

Javanese

  1. An indigenous Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by Javanese people.
    • They speak the Javanese and Kawi languages, which they write in a native character. They are now Mahometans in Java, but Brahmins in Bali and Lombock.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 440

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Questions about Jav.

What is Jav. the abbreviation of?
Jav. is the abbreviation of Javanese.

Words near Jav. in the dictionary

  1. Jauregui
  2. Jaureguis
  3. Jaurès
  4. Jaussan
  5. jav
  6. Jav.
  7. java
  8. Java bean
  9. Java black rot
  10. Java canvas
  11. Java cat

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