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Javanese
noun Ja·va·nese \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
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Origin of JAVANESE
Java + -nese (as in Japanese)
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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