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Java most commonly refers to:
- Java, an island in Indonesia and the most populous island in the world
- Java (Sun), a technology developed by Sun Microsystems for machine-independent software
- JAVA, Sun Microsystems' stock symbol
Java may also refer to:
[edit] Animals
[edit] Computer science
- Java (software platform), a technology developed by Sun Microsystems for machine-independent software
- JavaScript, a web scripting language that is different from the Java programming language
[edit] Consumables
- Java (cigarettes), a brand of Russian cigarettes
- Java coffee, a variety of coffee grown on the island of Java, or American slang for 'coffee'
- Java, a brand of cachaça, a type of alcohol
[edit] Entertainment
- Java (band), a French band
- Java (dance), a Parisian Bal-musette dance
- Java (Martin Mystère), a Neanderthal who assists the title character in the Martin Mystère comic series
- Java Joel, midwestern U.S. DJ
- Java Barn, live music venue at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
- "Java", a song by Allen Toussaint which became a hit single by Al Hirt
- "Java", a song by Augustus Pablo
- "Java Jive", a 1940 song hit by The Ink Spots, referring to "java" as coffee
- Java, a villain appearing in the DC Comics series Metamorpho
[edit] Geography
- Java, an island in Indonesia and the most populous island in the world
- Javanese people, the largest ethnic group in Indonesia
- Javanese language, a language widely spoken on the island of Java
- West Java, an Indonesian province
- Central Java, an Indonesian province
- East Java, an Indonesian province
- Battle of Java (1942), land battle
- Battle of the Java Sea, preceding naval battle
- Java Sea, north of the island of Java
- Java Man, one of the first specimens of Homo Erectus to be discovered
- Javan Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus , critically endangered species of rhinoceros
- Javan Tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, subspecies of tiger believed to be extinct
- Java Trench, a subduction zone trench west of the island of Java
- Java War or Diponegoro War, fought in Java between the Dutch and Diponegoro, 1825-30
- Anglo-Dutch Java War, 1810-11
- Java, Georgia, a town in the Republic of Georgia
- Java, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Java, New York, USA
- Java, South Dakota, USA
- Java, Argyll and Bute, a settlement in Scotland
- Java, Suriname, a settlement in the Marowijne district
- Java Road, in North Point, Hong Kong Island
- Java, Virginia, a village in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
[edit] Plants
- Java apple, Syzygium samarangense, tree also known as the wax apple
- Java fern, Microsorum pteropus, an aquatic fern
- Java moss, Versicularia dubyana, a common aquarium moss
- Java pepper, Piper cubeba, also known as cubeb
- Java plum, Spondias mombin, also known as the golden apple
