Batavian

English

Etymology

Batavia +‎ -an

Adjective

Batavian (comparative more Batavian, superlative most Batavian)

1. (obsolete) From Batavia; Jakartan.
2. Pertaining to a member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
   • 1991, C.D. Grijns, Jakarta Malay, volume 2, page 6:

     Si Dul, a Batavian boy, is playing at sedekah with his two friends...

3. From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.

Translations

Pertaining to an Indonesian ethnic group

• Dutch: Betawi (nl), Bataviaans
• French: betawi (fr) m, batavien m
• Indonesian: orang Betawi
• Malay: orang Betawi
• Russian: бата́вский (batávskij)
• Ukrainian: бата́вський (batávsʹkyj)

relating to the tribe of the Batavi

• Dutch: Bataafs (nl)

Noun

Batavian (plural Batavians)

1. (obsolete) Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
2. A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
   • 1967, Lance Castle, “The Ethnic Profile of Djakarta”, in Indonesia, page 156:

     By the end of the nineteenth century the diverse Indonesian ethnic group shown in the second column of Table I had lost their identity to a new sukubangsa, that of the Batavians…

3. Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.

Translations

Indonesian ethnic group

• Dutch: Betawi (nl), Bataviaan, Batavianen pl
• French: betawi (fr) m, batavien m
• Indonesian: orang Betawi
• Malay: orang Betawi
• Russian: бата́вец m (batávec), бата́вка f (batávka), бата́вцы m pl (batávcy)
• Ukrainian: бата́вець m (batávecʹ), бата́вка f (batávka), бата́вці m pl (batávci)

someone from the tribe of the Batavi

• Dutch: Bataaf (nl) m, Batavier (nl) m