Batavia

(bah-tā've-ah,) a fortified city and seaport of Java, cap. of the Dutch po e ions in the East, and of residency of same name, at the mouth of the Jaccatra River, on the N. coast of the island, Lat. 6º 8′ S., Lon. 106° 50′ E., with a free port, extensive and safe. It is a fine and flourishing city, and forms the great commercial emporium of the Asiatic archipelago. B. was founded by the Dutch in 1619. Pop. 125,000. Bata'via, a town of New York, C. of Gene see co., on To naw and a Creek, 36 m. E. by N. of Buffalo. Pop. 3,890. Bata'vian Republic. See HOLLAND. [s. 78]