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
• Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East Indies (1619–1949)
  • Old Batavia, the original downtown area of Jakarta
  • Jakarta, the modern-day city, capital of Indonesia
• Batavian Republic, the Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French vassal state, Batavia being the Latin name of the Low countries
• Passau, Germany, called Batavis or Batavia by the Romans

Places

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

Transportation

• 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 Air, an Indonesian airline

Other uses

• Batavia, a type of lettuce with broad flat leaves
• Batavia (opera), by Richard Mills
• Batavia Institute, a registered historic place 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 Road, an anchorage in Western Australia
• Batavia Road (boat), one of the first boats used for a commercial tourist operation in the Houtman Abrolhos