# Batavia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bəˈteɪvi.ə/ · frequency rank #40,578

## Definitions
1. Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period.
2. The land of the ancient Batavians or Batavi (part of the modern Netherlands).
3. The Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French client state.
4. A city, the county seat of Genesee County, New York, United States.
5. A village, the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio, United States.
6. A township in Clermont County, Ohio, which surrounds the village.

## Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Betawi and Passau.

## Easily confused with
- **Bavaria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batavia-vs-bavaria)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abtavia`, `baatvia`, `bataiva`, `batavai`, `batavvia`, `battavia`, `batvaia`, `bbatavia`, `btaavia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/batavia