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Batavian

Ba*ta"vi*an\, a. Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) ?atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.

Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795.

Batavian

Ba*ta"vi*an\, n. A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [R.] --Bancroft.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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