Batavia

See also: batavia and Batávia

English

Etymology

From Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈteɪviə/

Proper noun

Batavia

1. (historical) Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period.
2. The land of the ancient Batavians or Batavi (part of the modern Netherlands).
3. The Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French client state.
4. A city, the county seat of Genesee County, New York, United States.
5. A village, the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio, United States.

Related terms

• Batavi
• Batavian

Translations

Jakarta during the Dutch East Indies period

• Italian: Batavia, Giacarta
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: Batávia f

the land of the ancient Batavians

• Portuguese: Batávia f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

the Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French client state

• Portuguese: Batávia f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

Batavia (plural Batavias)

1. A variety of lettuce with broad flat leaves.

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Batavia.

Proper noun

Batavia

1. Netherlands

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Betuwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑˈtaːvjɑ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Batavia ?

1. (historical) Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period.

Descendants

• Javindo: Batafia
• Petjo: Betawie
• → Caribbean Javanese: Betawi, mBetawi
• → Danish: Batavia
• → English: Batavia
• → French: Batavia
• → Indonesian: Batavia, Betawi

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ta.via̯/
• Hyphenation: Ba‧ta‧via

Proper noun

Batavia

1. (historical) Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period.
2. (historical) Former name of Betawi, used during the Dutch East Indies period.

Further reading

• “Batavia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Batawjō (“good island”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈtaː.u̯i.a/, [bäˈt̪äːu̯iä] or IPA^(key): /baˈta.u̯i.a/, [bäˈt̪äu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈta.vi.a/, [bäˈt̪äːviä]
• Note: the length of the vowel varies.

Noun

Batā̆via f (genitive Batā̆viae); first declension

1. The land of the Batā̆vī, situated around the modern city of Nijmegen.
2. (New Latin) The Netherlands (modern country).

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Batā̆via	Batā̆viae
Genitive	Batā̆viae	Batā̆viārum
Dative	Batā̆viae	Batā̆viīs
Accusative	Batā̆viam	Batā̆viās
Ablative	Batā̆viā	Batā̆viīs
Vocative	Batā̆via	Batā̆viae

Related terms

• batā̆vus
• batā̆vicus

Descendants

• → Dutch: Batavia
  • Javindo: Batafia
  • Petjo: Betawie
  • → Caribbean Javanese: Betawi, mBetawi
  • → Danish: Batavia
  • → English: Batavia
  • → French: Batavia
  • → Indonesian: Batavia, Betawi
• → German: Passau

References

• “Batavia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Batavia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.