Javan

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a native or inhabitant of the Indonesian island of Java; Javanese is now more usual for the principal ethnic group

   The nineteenth-century survey compared the average heights of Javans and Australians.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to Java or its inhabitants; now usually Javanese

   The reserve protects several endangered Javan species.

Formed from Java, the Indonesian island, + English -an. This geographic and ethnographic word is unrelated to the biblical name Javan, despite the identical spelling.

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