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Betawi.

the ethnic group native to Jakarta (formerly known as Batavia), and some part of West Java and Banten

6 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

name/bətawi/
  1. the ethnic group native to Jakarta (formerly known as Batavia), and some part of West Java and Banten

  2. the native language spoken by Betawi people.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), from Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.