Batavia

== 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 (historical) Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period. The land of the ancient Batavians or Batavi (part of the modern Netherlands). The Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French client state. A city, the county seat of Genesee County, New York, United States. A village, the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. A township in Clermont County, Ohio, which surrounds the village. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Batavi Batavian ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Batavia (plural Batavias) A variety of lettuce with broad flat leaves. == Classical Nahuatl == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Batavia. === Proper noun === Batavia Netherlands (a historical kingdom in Western Europe) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Betuwe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑˈtaː.vi.aː/, [-vijaː] === Proper noun === Batavia f (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 (historical) former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period (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 === 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 The land of the Batā̆vī, situated around the modern city of Nijmegen. (New Latin) Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium) (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. ==== Related terms ==== batā̆vus batā̆vicus ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: BataviaJavindo: BatafiaPetjo: 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 Batavia ==== Derived terms ==== === 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