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plural Betawis or Betawi
A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century. quotations examples
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
The Betawi language, a native language spoken by the Betawi people. examples