Javanese
Ja·va·nese
noun \ˌja-və-ˈnēz, ˌjä-, -ˈnēs\ plural Javanese
Definition of JAVANESE
1
: a member of an Indonesian people inhabiting the island of Java
2
: an Austronesian language of the Javanese people
— Javanese adjective
Origin of JAVANESE
Java + -nese (as in Japanese)
First Known Use: 1704
Rhymes with JAVANESE
Ambonese, Androcles, Annamese, antifreeze, Assamese, Balinese, Bengalese, Bhutanese, Bolognese, Brooklynese, Cantonese, Cervantes, Ceylonese, Chersonese, Congolese, cottage cheese, diocese, expertise, Faeroese, federalese, fifth disease, Genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides, Heracles, Hercules, Hyades, ill at ease, in a breeze, Japanese, Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees
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