batavia

noun

1. a city in NW New York.
2. a town in NE Illinois.
3. former name of Jakarta.

noun

1. a variety of lettuce with smooth pale green leavesAlso called: Batavian endive, Batavian lettuce

noun

1. an ancient district of the Netherlands, on an island at the mouth of the Rhine
2. an archaic or literary name for Holland 1
3. a former name for Jakarta

former name of Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, when it was the Dutch East Indies, a colony of the Netherlands; from Batavia, an ancient name for a region of Holland, from Latin Batavi, a people who dwelt between the Rhine and the Waal on the island of Betawe.