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Well attestedNamed for a product of the place

java

noun · first attested 19th century

A cup of java is named for an island.

Informal name for coffee; also the Indonesian island.

Another word

Java·Indonesia

-7.4917°S 110.0044°E · Q3757

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Named for a product of the place
Confidence
Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
Attested
19th century
Part of speech
noun
Sources
Wiktionary: javaWikidata: Q3757

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How it traveled
  1. Step 1

    Java

  2. In English

    java

The entry

Coffee grown on Java entered American slang as java. The island’s name became a casual word for the drink, even when the beans never saw Indonesia.

Indonesia

3 more words from Indonesia

All 4 entries
Komodo dragonThe largest lizard on earth was a rumor science did not check until 1910.Komodomacassar oilIt gave us the antimacassar: the cloth that saved chairs from greasy heads.MakassarBali bellyAustralia has its own name for the illness the rest of the world calls Delhi belly.Bali
Nearest pins
Bali bellyBali, Indonesia561 kmmacassar oilMakassar, Indonesia1,072 kmKomodo dragonKomodo, Indonesia1,073 kmkabochaCambodia, Cambodia2,291 km