Associations to the word «Batavian»

Wiktionary

BATAVIAN, adjective. (obsolete) From Batavia; Jakartan.
BATAVIAN, adjective. From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
BATAVIAN, noun. (obsolete) Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
BATAVIAN, noun. Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope