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Batavian [bəˈteɪvɪən] adj (Placename) of or relating to Batavia (a former name for Holland or Jakarta) or its inhabitants n (Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Batavia How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The implied characterization of Batavians or Hollanders as blockheads apparently needed an explanation for readers outside the Low Countries, since a scholium has been added, which states that Hollanders are commonly nicknamed "crassi" ("vulgari ioco" 1531, ed. In De Antiquitate Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), a Dutch lawyer and civil servant, gives an overview of the history of Holland from the time of the Batavians, inhabitants of the Rhine in the Roman period. Much in de Laet's description of the Chilean uprising resembles contemporary Dutch representations of the heroic uprising of the ancient Batavians against Rome. |
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