batavia
Speech parts
1. batavia - Noun
2. Batavia - Proper noun
Meaning
(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.
Batavia (plural Batavias)
A variety of lettuce with broad flat leaves.
batavia (plural batavias)
Alternative form of Batavia (“variety of lettuce”)
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... the wreck of the Batavia provides the greatest dramatic tragedy in Australian history, beside which the Mutiny on the Bounty is an anaemic tale.
1680 Satellite view of Krakatau Islands, 18 May 1992 In February 1681, Johann Wilhelm Vogel, a Dutch mining engineer at Salida, Sumatra (near Padang ), on his way to Batavia (modern Jakarta ) passed through the Sunda Strait.
After sailing northwards along the coast they made landfall in Eendrachtsland, which had previous been encountered and named by Hartog, before turning for Batavia.
After returning to Java, Dutch forces quickly re-occupied the colonial capital of Batavia (now Jakarta ), so the city of Yogyakarta in central Java became the capital of the nationalist forces.
BATAVIA, N.Y. (WHEC) — The City of Batavia Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a person of interest.
As the Allied air force units on Singapore had been destroyed or evacuated by this stage, Gorton was put on the Derrymore, an ammunition ship bound for Batavia (Jakarta).