Batu
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Batu may refer to:
- Batu (city)Batu (city)Batu is a city located in East Java, Indonesia. Formerly, It was a part of Malang regency; but in 2001, Batu became an independent city legalized by Act of 11, 2001, when it became a municipal town with its own city mayor and council....
, a city in Indonesia - Batu IslandsBatu IslandsThe Batu Islands are an archipelago of Indonesia located in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra, between Nias and Siberut. The three primary islands, of approximately equal size, are Pini, Tanahmasa, and Tanahbala. There are forty-eight smaller islands, of which less than half are...
, an archipelago of Indonesia - BatuBatu (given name)Batu is a common masculine Central Asian name. In Mongolian, "Batu" means firm/stable like Batu Khan or Batumongke. In Turkish, "Batu" means "Prevailing", and/or "Preponderant". It also connotes "The West" since "Batu" resembles "Batı" which means "west" in Turkish...
, a Turkish given name. - Batu (group)Batu (group)Batu were a British music group strongly influenced by Brazilian music.Formed in early 1992, in Brighton, England and disbanded in late 1994, this group featured the madcap talents of Bebeto De Souza, a native of Sao Paolo, Brazil, as well as the vocals of Sharon Scott.Full members included Chris...
, a Brazilian-influenced music group from London - Batu, Kuala LumpurBatu, Kuala LumpurBatu is the name of a parliamentary constituency on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, not to be confused with the town and constituency of Batu Gajah in the Malaysian state of Perak.Settlements which are part of Batu constituency include Sentul...
, an area in Malaysia - Batu KhanBatu KhanBatu Khan was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Ulus of Jochi , the sub-khanate of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His ulus was the chief state of the Golden Horde , which ruled Rus and the Caucasus for around 250 years, after also destroying the armies...
, a 13th century Mongol ruler, and the founder of the Golden Horde empire - Batu Lintang campBatu Lintang campBatu Lintang camp at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War. It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees...
, a World War II Japanese POW and civilian internee camp at Kuching, Sarawak - Batu TaraBatu TaraBatu Tara stratovolcano is a small isolated island in the Flores Sea. Vegetations covers the flanks of Batu Tara. The first historical eruption occurred in 1852 with explosions and lava flows....
a small isolated island in the Flores Sea - Mount BatuMount BatuMount Batu is one of the highest of the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia, as well as of the Oromia Region. Part of the Bale National Park, and located at , it reaches an elevation of 4,307 meters. It consists of two peaks, Tinnish Batu , which is actually higher than Tilliq Batu to the south...
in EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2... - Batu or BatupueiBatupueiBatupuei refers to the inhabitants of Matupi, Chin State, Myanmar .Batu is an ethnic group in Southern Chin State, descendants of Batu, the first settler at Batu village; the group is also referred to as Batupuei— 'Batu' being the name of a person later its known as a tribe and 'Puei' meaning "great"...
people in Matupi, Chin State, Myanmar (Burma) - Batu, slang used in Hawaii to describe crystal methamphetamineMethamphetamineMethamphetamine is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs...
- Batu, abbreviation for Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological UniversityBabasaheb Ambedkar Technological University-DESCRIPTION:Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University is a unitary, state University located at Lonere in Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. Established in 1989 under the 'Government of Maharashtra Act 1983', the University is affiliated to the University Grants Commission...
, Lonere, Raigad, Maharashtra, India