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Ravenna
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Proper Noun
- 1 A province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy.
- 2 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."
- 3 A city, the county seat of Portage County, Ohio, United States, named after the Italian city.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna.
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