Definition of Battas

1. batta [n] - See also: batta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battas

batswing
batswoman
batswomen
batt
batta
battailant
battailants
battaile
battailous
battalia
battalias
battalion
battalioned
battalioning
battalions
battas (current term)
batteau
batteaux
batted
batted away
batted for both sides
batted in
batted out
battel
batteled
batteler
battelers
batteling
battell
battelled

Literary usage of Battas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1847)
"The dialect of the rude natives of the Neas and Poggi Islands is said to be more like the Batta than any other language.* The battas have had a peculiar ..."

2. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"... battas are of lower stature and fairer complexion than the «as- Malay s. Their dress is of coloured cotton. The covering of the head is generally of the ..."

3. Manual of Political Ethics: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"The Thugs and battas.—Can we explain Man's Moral Character by Sympathy alone ? IX. THE infinitely superior intellect of man leads to another more important ..."

4. Manual of Political Ethics, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"Universality of Conscience.— Uniformity of Moral Codes and Views.—The Thugs and battas.—Can we explain Man's Moral Character by Sympathy ..."

5. Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits by Thomas John Newbold (1839)
"ON THE WILD TRIBES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA.—Aborigines of the Peninsula. —The battas of Sumatra, ... battas ..."

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