Advertisement

java (n.)

"coffee," 1850, short for Java coffee (1787), originally a kind of coffee grown on Java and nearby islands of modern Indonesia. By early 20c. it meant coffee generally. The island name is shortened from Sanskrit Yavadvipa "Island of Barley," from yava "barley" + dvipa "island." Related: Javan (c. 1600); Javanese (1704).

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of java from WordNet
1
java (n.)
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans;
Synonyms: coffee
2
Java (n.)
an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions;
Java (n.)
a platform-independent object-oriented programming language;
From wordnet.princeton.edu