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

Translations

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑˈtaːvjɑ/
  • (file)

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

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


Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Batawjō (good island).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈtaː.u̯i.a/, [bäˈt̪äːu̯iä] or IPA(key): /baˈta.u̯i.a/, [bäˈt̪äu̯iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈta.vi.a/, [bäˈt̪äːviä]
  • Note: the length of the vowel varies. [1]

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

Descendants

  • Dutch: Batavia
  • Old High German: Pazauwa (various forms attested)
    • Middle High German:

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
  1. Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre, 2011
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