Javan
Speech parts
1. Javan - Noun
2. Javan - Adjective
3. Javan - Proper noun
Meaning
a native or inhabitant of Java
of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language
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Phrases with the word
Examples
Javanese temples
Javanese dialects
At least in one case, a tigress with cubs killed eight people entering her territory without consuming them at all. citation Commercial hunting and traditional medicine seeAlso A hunting party poses with a killed Javan tiger, 1941.
Ed is long since departed to that special part of heaven reserved for atheists, celebrating eternity in the company of passenger pigeons, Javan tigers, and joyful Lonesome George with his many offspring.
In the absence of further data, the researchers involved in the study speculated that Javan and Sumatran dholes could have been introduced to the islands by humans. citation Characteristics Dhole skull and molars illustrated by St. George Mivart (1890).
Even so, such species as the Javan rhinoceros face extinction, with only a handful of the animals remaining in western Java.