Batavia
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Batavia may refer to:
Historical geographical uses
- Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands
- The former official name of Jakarta, capital of Indonesia (formerly Dutch East Indies), during the Dutch East Indies period
- For the historical use as the official name of the capital of the Dutch East Indies, see History of Jakarta
- For a description of the city itself, see Kota, Jakarta
- For a list of colonial-era buildings in the city, see List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta
- Batavian Republic, the Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French vassal state, Batavia being the Latin name of the Low countries
- The Latin name for Passau, Germany
Contemporary communities
Suriname
- Batavia, Suriname, a town in the former Dutch colony of Suriname
United States
- Batavia, California, an unincorporated community in Solano County, California
- Batavia, Illinois, a city in Kane County, Illinois, named for the city in New York
- Batavia, Iowa, a city in Jefferson County, Iowa
- Batavia, Michigan, a community in Branch County, Michigan
- Batavia, New York, a city which is the county seat of Genesee County, New York, named for the region in the Netherlands
- Batavia (town), New York, in Genesee County, New York
- Batavia, Ohio, a town and the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio
- Batavia, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
- Batavia Township (disambiguation), several communities
Others
- Batavia (ship), a ship of the Dutch East India Company shipwrecked on her maiden voyage on the coast of Australia in 1629, or a twentieth-century replica of the same ship
- Batavia (opera), by Richard Mills
- Batavia Air, an Indonesian airline
- Batavia Road, an anchorage in Western Australia
- Batavia Road (boat), one of the first boats used for a commercial tourist operation in the Houtman Abrolhos
- Batavia Institute, located in Batavia, Illinois
See also
- Batavians, a Germanic tribe living during the Roman Empire in the area of the Rhine delta
- Betawi people, named after Batavia, Dutch East Indies
- Batavia: a type of lettuce with broad flat leaves