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java (n.)
1850, originally a kind of coffee grown on
Java
and nearby islands of modern Indonesia. By early 20c., coffee generally. The island name is shortened from Sanskrit
Yavadvipa
"Island of Barley," from
yava
"barley" +
dvipa
"island."