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Kotlin

Kotlin proper noun: a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose object-oriented programming language with type inference, designed to interoperate with Java.

Proper noun

Kotlin

  1. A cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose object-oriented programming language with type inference, designed to interoperate with Java.

Origin of Kotlin

Named after Kotlin Island (Russian Ко́тлин (Kótlin)), near St. Petersburg, by analogy to the related language Java, whose name ultimately comes from an Indonesian island.

Questions about Kotlin

What does Kotlin mean?
Kotlin means a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose object-oriented programming language with type inference, designed to interoperate with Java.
What part of speech is Kotlin?
Kotlin is a proper noun.

Words near Kotlin in the dictionary

  1. kotlet
  2. kotleta
  3. kotletas
  4. kotleti
  5. kotlety
  6. Kotlin
  7. kotlovina
  8. Kotlyne
  9. koto
  10. Koto City
  11. Kotoe

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