Batavia
Pronunciation: [baˈtaː.wi.a]
“Batavia” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
- The land of the Batā̆vī, situated around the modern city of Nijmegen.
- Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
- Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō (“good island”).
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