Ravennese

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The natives or inhabitants of Ravenna in Italy. plural, plural-only

    "...the Ravennese had found a fresh field for their activity on the eastern side of the Adriatic."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Ravennate; of Ravenna.

    "Consider Raphael's Donna Velata, the Ravennese mosaic of Justinian and His Court, and Picasso's still-life The Pigeon."

Example

More examples

"Consider Raphael's Donna Velata, the Ravennese mosaic of Justinian and His Court, and Picasso's still-life The Pigeon."

Etymology

Either Ravenna + -ese or an anglicized form of Latin Ravennātēnsis.

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