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  • Used in: 2 countries

Origin: Javanese

Borrowed from Javanese Jawa, via Franco-Italian and Latin, possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”), used in reference to the coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850. The programming language (initially called Oak) is a reference to java, the blend of coffee from the island.

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Rank #76946
Frequency 232 people (0.09 per 100k)
Ethnic Distribution
White 64.66% Hispanic 10.78% Black 2.16% Asian/PI 20.26%
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