Batman

The province is named after its capital city, and the city is named after a nearby river, Batman River. Beyond that, the origin of the name is unclear.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /batˈman/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Batman

1. A province of Turkey.
2. The capital city of Batman Province, Turkey.

• Batman Province on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batman, Turkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt.mæn/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Batman

1. A surname.

From bat +‎ man; originally the Bat-Man; surface analysis, Bat- +‎ man.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt.mæn/

• Audio (AU)

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• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Batman (plural Batmans or Batmen)

1. A fictional hero and the main protagonist of DC Comics, noted for his intellect and stealth, who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment (including a belt with an array of utilities) and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.
   • 2015, Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, spoken by Batman (Kevin Conroy):

     You’re afraid of being ashes. You’re afraid of being forgotten. And you will be forgotten, Joker. Because of me. I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!

   • 2015, Sarah Cross, Tear You Apart, Carolrhoda Lab, →ISBN, page 68:

     “But next time—” Night vanished before the guard could finish—just kind of disappeared like Batman—which Viv found almost as annoying as the fact that he'd dragged her down a well. He didn't think he had to explain himself?

   • 2019, Sean Johnson, Strange Like Me, page 212:

     I watched through squinted eyes as the driver-side door opened and a man stepped out wielding a Maglite, his other hand placed on his Batman-like utility belt. What all did they keep in those things? Surely the pistol, a few clips, handcuffs, ...

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Batman.

• Batfleck
• Battinson

Batman

1. An intensifier for interjections created with the adjective holy, in imitation of dialogue between Batman and his sidekick Robin.

   Holy guacamole, Batman!

Batman (third-person singular simple present Batmans, present participle Batmanning, simple past and past participle Batmanned)

1. (slang, mountaineering) Alternative form of batman (etymology 3)
   • 2014, Ken Wylie, Buried, →ISBN, page 140:

     He laughed, Batmanned back up to his last piece of gear and hammered a 5/8-inch angle piton into the crack with an ascending ring like any nail met with a hammer.

• Batman (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Superman

• Bantam, bantam

Batman f

1. Batman (a province of the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey)
2. Batman (a city, the provincial capital of Batman, Turkey)

Batman m

1. Batman (superhero)

Batman c (genitive Batmans)

1. Batman

• Läderlappen (dated)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باتمان‎ (Batman).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑt.mɑn/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Batman

1. Batman (a province in southeast Turkey)
2. Batman (a city in Batman, Turkey)

• Batmanlı

• (provinces of Turkey) Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elâzığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Uşak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak ^{(Category: tr:Provinces of Turkey)}