Batavia

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bəˈteɪvɪə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bə tā′vē ə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Ba•ta•vi•a  (bə tā′vē ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa city in NW New York. 16,703.
  2. Place Namesa town in NE Illinois. 12,574.
  3. Place Namesformer name of Jakarta. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Batavia / bəˈteɪvɪə/
  1. an ancient district of the Netherlands, on an island at the mouth of the Rhine
  2. an archaic or literary name for the Netherlands
  3. a former name for Jakarta
'Batavia' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Jakarta

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