probably from the same as
H3196; effervescing (i.e. hot and active); Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia:--Javan.
Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece" n pr m
- a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah n pr loc
- Greece, Ionia, Ionians
- location of descendants of Javan