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Batavia

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Ba·ta·vi·a  (b-tv-)
See Jakarta.

batavia [bəˈteɪvɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a variety of lettuce with smooth pale green leaves Also called Batavian endive Batavian lettuce

Batavia [bəˈteɪvɪə]
n
1. (Placename) an ancient district of the Netherlands, on an island at the mouth of the Rhine
2. (Placename) an archaic or literary name for Holland1
3. (Placename) a former name for Jakarta


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He then told us that he went to Batavia, where two of the seamen belonging to the ship arrived, having deserted the rest in their travels, and gave an account that the fellow who had run away with the ship, sold her at Bengal to a set of pirates, who were gone a- cruising in her, and that they had already taken an English ship and two Dutch ships very richly laden.
When our skipper came back we learned that the steamer was the Sommerville, Captain Nash, from West Australia to Singapore via Batavia with mails, and that the agreement was she should tow us to Anjer or Ba- tavia, if possible, where we could extinguish the fire by scuttling, and then proceed on our voyage--to Bankok
 
 
 
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