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  Batavia

  noun

  a city in northwestern New York.
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  batavia

  noun

  a variety of lettuce with smooth pale green leaves

Batavia

American  

[buh-tey-vee-uh] / bəˈteɪ vi ə /

noun

1. a city in northwestern New York.

2. a town in northeastern Illinois.

3. former name of Jakarta.

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Batavia ¹ British  

/ bəˈteɪvɪə /

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

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batavia ² British  

/ bəˈteɪvɪə /

noun

1. Also called: Batavian endive.   Batavian lettuce.  a variety of lettuce with smooth pale green leaves

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Batavia

Since then, he has played for 19 different teams throughout the majors and minors, criss-crossing the nation with stops in places like Batavia, N.Y.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The pair, both from Batavia, were arraigned and remanded to jail.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

Clark, the Tour’s principal organizer and emcee, opened the Batavia show bellowing: “Good morning, New York! And good morning, New York Attorney General Letitia James!”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

High-energy physicists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois—DOE’s only high-energy physics lab—are gearing up to build a massive neutrino experiment.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 9, 2022

I know I complained to Phil that Batavia is too provincial, but I think sometimes I take the positives—the people—for granted.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed