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 in New York, USA, and the county seat of Genesee County.
  5. A village in Ohio, USA, and the county seat of Clermont County.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

Batāvia f (genitive Batāviae); first declension

  1. The land of the Batāvī, situated around the modern city of Nijmegen.
  2. (New Latin) The Netherlands (modern country).

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Batāvia Batāviae
genitive Batāviae Batāviārum
dative Batāviae Batāviīs
accusative Batāviam Batāviās
ablative Batāviā Batāviīs
vocative Batāvia Batāviae

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
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