Batavia

See also: batavia and Batávia

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Betawi and Passau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈteɪvi.ə/
• Rhymes: -eɪviə

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.
6. A township in Clermont County, Ohio, which surrounds the village.

Derived terms

• Batavia cassia

Related terms

• Batavi
• Batavian

Translations

Jakarta during the Dutch East Indies period

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴達維亞 / 巴达维亚 (zh) (Bādáwéiyà)

• Dutch: Batavia (nl) n
• Italian: Batavia, Giacarta
• Marathi: बटेव्हिया (baṭevhiyā)
• Portuguese: Batávia f
• Spanish: Batavia (es) f

the land of the ancient Batavians

• Georgian: ბატავია (baṭavia)
• Marathi: बटेव्हिया (baṭevhiyā)
• Portuguese: Batávia f
• Spanish: Batavia (es) f

the Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French client state

• Dutch: Bataafse Republiek f
• Georgian: ბატავიის რესპუბლიკა (baṭaviis resṗubliḳa)
• Marathi: बटेव्हिया (baṭevhiyā)
• Portuguese: Batávia f

Noun

Batavia (plural Batavias)

1. A variety of lettuce with broad flat leaves.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Batavia.

Proper noun

Batavia

1. Netherlands (a historical kingdom in Western Europe)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑˈtaː.vi.aː/, [-vijaː]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Batavia f

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
• → Javanese: ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), ꦧꦼꦠꦮꦶ (Betawi)
• → Peranakan Indonesian: Betawi
• → Sundanese: Batawi

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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [baˈtaː.wi.a], [baˈta.wi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [baˈtaː.vi.a]
• 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) Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
3. (New Latin) Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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
  • → Javanese: ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), ꦧꦼꦠꦮꦶ (Betawi)
  • → Peranakan Indonesian: Betawi
  • → Sundanese: Batawi
• → Old High German: Pazauwa (various forms attested)
  • Middle High German:
    • 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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtabja/ [baˈt̪a.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -abja
• Syllabification: Ba‧ta‧via

Proper noun

Batavia f

1. Batavia

Derived terms

• caña de Batavia

Further reading

• “Batavia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025