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Betawis

Betawis is the plural of Betawi.

Meaning of Betawi

Noun

Betawi (plural Betawis or Betawi)

  1. A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
    • While he is now revered as a local and national hero of the Betawi, according to older legends he was in fact a Sundanese who came to Batavia from Cirebon.2014, Jacqueline Knörr, Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia, page 177

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Questions about Betawis

What is Betawis the plural of?
Betawis is the plural of Betawi.

Words near Betawis in the dictionary

  1. betavoltaic effects
  2. betavoltaics
  3. betaware
  4. betawder
  5. Betawi
  6. Betawis
  7. betaxanthin
  8. betaxanthins
  9. betaxed
  10. betaxolol
  11. betazole

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Betawis (page history and authors); Betawi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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