Batavia
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Name given by the Romans to the region of Europe roughly corresponding to the modern Netherlands, home of the Batavian tribes. Since then it has been taken as the Latin name for that country.
Batavia may refer to:
- Jakarta, Batavia, Dutch East Indies, a Dutch settlement on the island of Java. It later became the capital of the Dutch East Indies colony
- Batavia (ship), a ship of the Dutch East India Company wrecked on the coast of Australia in 1629
- Batavian Republic, a French vassal state in the Netherlands from 1795 to 1806
- Passau, a city in Germany
- Batavia, Suriname, a town in Suriname
- Batavia (font)
- Places in the United States
- Batavia, Illinois, a city in Kane County, Illinois west of Chicago close to Fermilab
- Batavia, Iowa, a city in Jefferson County
- Batavia (city), New York, the county seat of Genesee County
- Batavia (town), New York
- Batavia, Ohio, a village in Clermont County, Ohio
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