Javan
/ˈd͡ʒɑːvən/adjective, noun
Javan is spelled J-A-V-A-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Javan means “Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Javan?
| Letters | 5: J-A-V-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Javan?
Javan appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Javan?
- /ˈd͡ʒɑːvən/
Javan has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Javan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Javan
- Javans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Javan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java
- 2
Belonging to, or descended from, its Javanese main people and its culture
noun
- 1
An inhabitant of the Indonesian island Java
- 2
A member or descendant of Java's main, Javanese ethno-linguistic group, by far the largest in Indonesia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Javan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to the island of Java:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Javan come from?
From Java + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).