# Batavia
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* Batavia cassia

#### 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: /bɑˈtaː.vi.aː/, [-vijaː]
* Audio:(file)

### 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: /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, 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: /baˈtaː.u̯i.a/, [bäˈt̪äːu̯iä] or IPA: /baˈta.u̯i.a/, [bäˈt̪äu̯iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /baˈta.vi.a/, [bäˈt̪äːviä]
* 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, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### 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.
* ↑ Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre‎, 2011

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈtabja/ [baˈt̪a.β̞ja]
* Rhymes: -abja
* Syllabification: Ba‧ta‧via

### Proper noun

Batavia f
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10