Ravennan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ravenna +‎ -an

Adjective[edit]

Ravennan (comparative more Ravennan, superlative most Ravennan)

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

Noun[edit]

Ravennan (plural Ravennans)

  1. (uncommon) One of the Ravennese: a native or inhabitant of Ravenna in Italy.
    • 1984, Wm. M. Daly & al., The Republic of St. Peter: The Birth of the Papal State, 680–825, page 190:
      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.
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