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Ba⋅ta⋅vi⋅a

  [buh-tey-vee-uh]
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1. a city in NW New York. 16,703.
2. a town in NE Illinois. 12,574.
3. former name of Jakarta.
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Ja⋅kar⋅ta

  [juh-kahr-tuh]
–noun
a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java. 4,576,009.
Also, Djakarta, Jacarta.
Formerly, Batavia.
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Ba·ta·vi·a   (bə-tā'vē-ə)   
See Jakarta.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

Batavia 
former name of Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, when it was the Dutch East Indies, a colony of the Netherlands; from Batavia, an ancient name for a region of Holland, from L. Batavi, a people who dwelt between the Rhine and the Waal on the island of Betawe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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