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Javanese
[ jav-uh-neez, -nees, jah-vuh- ]
noun
, plural Jav·a·nese.
- a member of the native Malayan people of Java, especially of that branch of it in the central part of the island.
- the Austronesian language of central Java.
Javanese
/ ˌdʒɑːvəˈniːz /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Java, its people, or the Javanese language
noun
- -nese a native or inhabitant of Java
- a Malayo-Polynesian language of Central and Eastern Java
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The Javanese looked anxiously at their white leader, standing like a statue, watching the human tide roll toward him.
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The water of the Bludugs and the lake is used medicinally by the Javanese, and cattle drinking of the water are poisoned.
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For the reasons stated above, the fossil Javanese mammals of Trinil have not been discussed.
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The Javanese are the most numerous and civilized of the three peoples.
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The Madurese is as tall as the Javanese, and as stout as the Sundanese.
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