Batavia
English
Etymology
From Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈteɪviə/
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 in New York, USA, and the county seat of Genesee County.
- A village in Ohio, USA, and the county seat of Clermont County.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Batawjō (“good island”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈtaː.wi.a/
Noun
Batāvia f (genitive Batāviae); first declension
- The land of the Batāvī, situated around the modern city of Nijmegen.
- (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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