Javanese
UK/dʒɑː.vəˈniːz/
Javanese noun: a person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
Noun
Javanese (plural Javanese)
- A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
- A cat of a certain domestic cat breed.
Proper noun
Javanese
- 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
Javanese meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malay and Indonesian
Javanese in Hindi
- person
- यवद्वीपी yavadvīpī
Javanese in Marathi
- person
- यवद्वीपी yavadvīpī
Javanese in Malay
- person
- orang Jawa, Jawa
- language
- bahasa Jawa, Jawa
Javanese in Indonesian
- person
- orang Jawa
- language
- bahasa Jawa, Jawa
Forms of Javanese
| plural | Javanese |
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Origin of Javanese
From Java + -n- + -ese.
Phrases with Javanese
Words that rhyme with Javanese
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
- agrees
Questions about Javanese
- What does Javanese mean?
- Javanese means a person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
- What is Javanese in Hindi?
- Javanese in Hindi is यवद्वीपी (yavadvīpī). See Javanese meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Javanese?
- Javanese can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Javanese?
- Javanese is pronounced /dʒɑː.vəˈniːz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Javanese?
- The plural of Javanese is Javanese.
Words near Javanese in the dictionary
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