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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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Example Sentences

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

Physicists are preparing to shoot a beam of elusive particles called neutrinos from the lab in Batavia, Illinois, to a gigantic underground detector 1300 kilometers away in an abandoned gold mine in Lead, South Dakota.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 22, 2023

The Story Hours in Batavia, Ohio, near Cincinnati, and Cottonwood, Arizona, about 105 miles north of Phoenix, drew as many as 35 children and parents but no protesters, the pastors involved said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 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