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Batavia , city (1990 pop. 16,310), seat of Genesee co., W N.Y.; inc. 1915. It was laid out in 1801 by Joseph Ellicott, agent for the Holland Land Company. Batavia produces a variety of light manufactures. The city was a center of the Anti-Masonic movement in the 19th cent. Attica prison, site of the 1971 uprising, is nearby.

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Batavia, USA New York: named after the Batavian Republic, created by the French after their victory in 1795 to refer to the Netherlands. Other cities so called are generally named after the Batavia in New York. Batavia takes its name from a Germanic tribe, the Batavi. See Jakarta.

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