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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

At least 38 others, many of them teenage boys remain trapped under the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in the East Java town of Sidoarjo.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

On the island of Java, in Indonesia, lived Homo soloensis, ‘Man from the Solo Valley’, who was suited to life in the tropics.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari