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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.

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
batavia 2 British  
/ bəˈteɪvɪə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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

Under the tent in Batavia, the crowd thrilled to Flynn’s pronouncements from the stage.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2022

For sale: Stately and majestic Italianate home built of limestone and stone in 1863 in Batavia, Illinois.

From Washington Times • May 5, 2022

“Asif, Sofia, I’ll be in touch. You’re in good hands with the Batavia PD.”

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

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