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'''Batavia''' is the [[Latin]] name for the land of the [[Batavians]] during Roman time. This was roughly the area around the city of [[Nijmegen]] within the [[Roman Empire]]. The remainder of this land is nowadays known as [[Betuwe]]. During the [[Renaissance]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] historians tried to promote these Batavians wrongly to the status of 'archfathers' of the Dutch people. They started to call themselves Batavians, later resulting in the [[Batavian Republic]], and took this to their colonies like [[Indonesia]] ([[Jakarta]]), Suriname ([[Batavia, Suriname]]), and in the United States, around Nieuw Amsterdam (now called [[New York]]), you'll find [[Batavia (city), New York]]. The origin, however, remains [[Betuwe]]. |
'''Batavia''' is the [[Latin]] name for the land of the [[Batavians]] during Roman time. This was roughly the area around the city of [[Nijmegen]] within the [[Roman Empire]]. The remainder of this land is nowadays known as [[Betuwe]]. During the [[Renaissance]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] historians tried to promote these Batavians wrongly to the status of 'archfathers' of the Dutch people. They started to call themselves Batavians, later resulting in the [[Batavian Republic]], and took this to their colonies like [[Indonesia]] ([[Jakarta]]), Suriname ([[Batavia, Suriname]]), and in the United States, around Nieuw Amsterdam (now called [[New York]]), you'll find [[Batavia (city), New York]]. The origin, however, remains [[Betuwe]]. |
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*[[Batavians]] or Batavii |
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*[[Betuwe]] |
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'''Batavia''' may otherwise refer to: |
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==Places== |
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;United States |
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* [[Batavia, Illinois]], a city in Kane County, Illinois |
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* [[Batavia, Iowa]], a city in Jefferson County |
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* [[Batavia (city), New York]], the county seat of Genesee County |
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* [[Batavia (town), New York]] |
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* [[Batavia, Ohio]], a village in Clermont County, Ohio |
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* [[Batavia, Wisconsin]] an unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin |
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;Former Dutch colonies |
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* [[Batavia, Suriname]], a town in Suriname |
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* [[Jakarta]], city on the island of Java and formerly known as '''Batavia''' |
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;Name of other places |
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* [[Batavian Republic]], the Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as French vassal state, '''Batavia''' being the Latin name of the [[Low countries]] |
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* [[Passau]], Germany, known in Latin as '''Batavia''' which used to be capital of the Romn province of [[Raetia]] |
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==Other== |
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* [[Batavia Air]], an Indonesian airline |
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* [[Batavia (ship)]], wrecked on the coast of Australia in 1629 |
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* [[Batavia (opera)]], an [[opera]] by [[Richard Mills]] |
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Revision as of 08:03, 7 October 2007
Batavia is the Latin name for the land of the Batavians during Roman time. This was roughly the area around the city of Nijmegen within the Roman Empire. The remainder of this land is nowadays known as Betuwe. During the Renaissance, Dutch historians tried to promote these Batavians wrongly to the status of 'archfathers' of the Dutch people. They started to call themselves Batavians, later resulting in the Batavian Republic, and took this to their colonies like Indonesia (Jakarta), Suriname (Batavia, Suriname), and in the United States, around Nieuw Amsterdam (now called New York), you'll find Batavia (city), New York. The origin, however, remains Betuwe.