How to pronounce Java

Java is most commonly pronounced "jah vuh" (/ˈdʒɑːvə/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

Not 'jah-vah' with a short final vowel: JAH-vuh, /ˈdʒɑːvə/, the island coffee name. Second-most-asked language on Stack Overflow and previously absent from the dictionary.

Pronouncing project and product names correctly avoids the small but persistent friction of being gently corrected during standups, conference Q&As, and team calls. Hearing the word a few times locks in the right reading better than reading IPA ever will. Pronounce is a community-maintained dictionary — every entry tagged with a confidence level and (where possible) a citable source.