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java

[jah-vuh, jav-uh] / ˈdʒɑ və, ˈdʒæv ə /


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Long queues have formed at the resort island's Gilimanuk port, forcing travellers leaving Bali to wait for hours to cross the strait to Java island, according to media reports.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

A devastating landslide also hit three villages in the Central Java district of Cilacap on Thursday last week.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

More than 660 pupils from two schools in central Java reported symptoms of food poisoning, Gunungkidul district head Endah Subekti Kuntariningsih said.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Hundreds of students, most of them teenage boys, had gathered for prayers at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in East Java when it collapsed last Monday while undergoing construction.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Did they proceed to overrun that island, just as they had already overrun the big mountainous islands of Celebes, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond