variants
or less commonly Java
Examples of java in a Sentence
a hot cup of java
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Drying up The data show how Brazil’s parched soil is causing the price of java to rise.
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Kevin Williams, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2025
Most java lovers are familiar with ground coffee: roasted coffee beans that have been ground for use in a coffee machine.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Don’t blame us if your friends want to keep coming over for some java.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Add java chips and 1–2 pumps of peppermint syrup.
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—Kate Friedman, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Williams, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2025
Most java lovers are familiar with ground coffee: roasted coffee beans that have been ground for use in a coffee machine.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Don’t blame us if your friends want to keep coming over for some java.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Add java chips and 1–2 pumps of peppermint syrup.
6.
—Kate Friedman, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Java.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/java. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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Java
geographical name
Ja·va
ˈjä-və 
ˈja-
variants
or Indonesian Djawa
island of Indonesia in the Greater Sunda Islands southeast of Sumatra and south of Borneo between the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean; chief city Jakarta area 51,007 square miles (132,618 square kilometers), population 107,581,306
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