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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Example Sentences

His “great comedy and artistic community rallied to his side,” his obituary states, and as “some made trips to Batavia to visit him, late night Zoom meetings with friends on both coasts ensued and went into the wee hours of the morning.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sanfratello became unresponsive during an altercation with the man and attempts to revive him by performing CPR were unsuccessful, according to the Batavia Police Department.

From Seattle Times

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

From Seattle Times

Sanfratello, a 32-year veteran of the force, was working a special assignment detail at Batavia Downs.

From Seattle Times

It would fire neutrinos from Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, to a massive subterranean detector 1300 kilometers away in Lead, South Dakota.

From Science Magazine