How to say "java" in Japanese

• ジャワ
  nounRefers to Java, the Indonesian island. This is the usual way to name the island, and it is normally written in kana alone rather than with kanji.
• Ｊａｖａジャバ
  nounRefers to Java, the programming language. Use this only for the computing sense, written with the Latin letters, and never for the Indonesian island.
• ジャガタラ
  noun, noun (prefix)An older name for the island of Java. For the island this is seldom the word you want, since ジャワ is the ordinary choice today.

Use 「ジャワ」 for the Indonesian island, Ｊａｖａ for the programming language, and 「ジャガタラ」 as an older alternative name for the island that is now rarely the word you want.

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• ジャワJava (Indonesian island)
• ＪａｖａジャバJava (programming language)
• ジャガタラJava