Batata
Batata is the word for sweet potato (Latin: Ipomoea batatas) in many languages (e.g. Spanish, Hebrew and Sanger), originally from the Taíno batata (see Sweet potato → Names).
Batata is also the word for potato (Latin: Solanum tuberosum; only distantly related to sweet potato) in Portuguese. The same has been adapted in many Indian Languages like Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, some Arabic variants and others. The English word "potato" itself is derived from the Taíno batata, borrowed via Spanish patata.[1]
Batata may also refer to:
Related to yams (Ipomoea batatas)
- Elsinoë batatas (sweet potato scab), a plant pathogen
- Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas, a plant pathogen
- Phyllosticta batatas, a plant pathogen
Related to potato (Solanum tuberosum)
- Batata harra, a Lebanese vegetable dish
- Batata vada, an Indian snack from the state of Maharashtra
Other uses
- Cayo Batata, an island in Puerto Rico
- Nílton "Batata" (real name Nílton Pinheiro da Silva), a Brazilian football player
- Roberto Batata (real name Roberto Monteiro, 1949–1976), Brazilian football player
- Batatá, a regional variant of the name Boi-tatá, a monster from Brazilian indigenous folklore
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- ↑ Microsoft Encarta Dictionary, 2004 edition.
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