Ravenna
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Ravenna
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Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna.
proper noun
- A province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy.
- A coastal city, the present-day capital of the province of Ravenna. Ravenna served as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 until the latter's collapse in 476; thereafter it was the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom and then of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna until the last exarch was executed by the Lombards in 751.
- A city, the county seat of Portage County, Ohio, United States, named after the Italian city.
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Talk about this word "Ravenna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ravenna. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Ravenna. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ravenna "Ravenna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ravenna.
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@misc{ravenna_2026,
title = {Ravenna},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ravenna},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
