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Ravennan

Ravennan adjective: ravennate; of Ravenna.

Adjective

Ravennan (comparative more Ravennan, superlative most Ravennan)

  1. Ravennate; of Ravenna.
    • ...the defining differences between Roman and Ravennan approaches to crisis management...2012, Bronwen Neil, “Crisis and Wealth in Byzantine Italy: The Libri Pontificales of Rome and Ravenna”, in Byzantion, volume 82

Noun

Ravennan (plural Ravennans)

  1. (uncommon) One of the Ravennese: a native or inhabitant of Ravenna in Italy.
    • Soon papal rhetoric began to claim the Ravennans as territorial members of St. Peter's flock needing the protection of the pope as their shepherd.1984, Wm. M. Daly & al., The Republic of St. Peter: The Birth of the Papal State, 680–825, page 190

Forms of Ravennan

Adjective
comparativemore Ravennan
superlativemost Ravennan
Noun
pluralRavennans

Origin of Ravennan

From Ravenna + -an.

Questions about Ravennan

What does Ravennan mean?
Ravennan means ravennate; of Ravenna.
What part of speech is Ravennan?
Ravennan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Ravennan in the dictionary

  1. Ravenmocker
  2. Ravenmockers
  3. Ravenna
  4. Ravenna grass
  5. ravennagrass
  6. Ravennan
  7. Ravennans
  8. Ravennate
  9. Ravennates
  10. Ravennese
  11. ravenness

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