Bawian (Malay, bail, hog; Javanese, bavi, hog's abode), an island about 50 m. N. of Java and Madura, in lat. 5° 49' S., lon. 112° 44' E.; area, 42 sq. m.; pop. about 35,000, or more than 800 to the sq. m. The soil is of volcanic formation, like that of Java, and equally productive, and yet the island imports annually from Java and Bali about 2,000 tons of rice for the consumption of the inhabitants, who are chiefly fishermen and traders. The inhabitants speak a Madura dialect, and are undoubtedly descendants of colonists from that island. They are a simple, industrious people, and crimes against person and property are rare. Their chief exports are small horses for Java, and tripang for China, for which they take in exchange tools, unwrought iron, and coarse domestic cloths. The wild hog is abundant, but not a single carnivorous animal is to be found except the tanggalung, a species of civet cat. Hot springs abound, and here grows the valuable teak tree. There is a roadstead in a small bay on its S. coast, near the town of Sangya-pura (city of imagination).