Ravenna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna.

Proper noun

Ravenna

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.

Derived terms

• Ravenna grass

Related terms

• (adj.): Ravennate, Ravennese, Ravennan
• (demonym): Ravennese, Ravennan, Ravennate

Translations

province

• French: Ravenne (fr) f
• Italian: Ravenna (it) f
• Japanese: ラヴェンナ (Ravenna)
• Marathi: रावेन्ना (rāvennā)
• Polish: Rawenna (pl) f
• Romagnol: Ravêna
• Sicilian: Ravenna f
• Spanish: Rávena (es) f

city

• French: Ravenne (fr) f
• German: Ravenna (de) n
• Greek: Ραβέννα (el) f (Ravénna)
• Italian: Ravenna (it) f
• Japanese: ラヴェンナ (Ravenna)
• Latin: Ravenna f
• Marathi: रावेन्ना (rāvennā)
• Polish: Rawenna (pl) f
• Romagnol: Ravêna
• Sicilian: Ravenna f
• Spanish: Rávena (es) f

Catalan

Proper noun

Ravenna f

1. Ravenna (a province of Italy)
2. Ravenna (a city in Italy)

Derived terms

• ravennès

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Ravenna, possibly of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈven.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -enna
• Hyphenation: Ra‧vén‧na

Proper noun

Ravenna f

1. Ravenna (a province of Italy)
2. Ravenna (a city in Italy)

Derived terms

• ravennate

Latin

Etymology

Possibly of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /raˈu̯en.na/, [räˈu̯ɛnːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /raˈven.na/, [räˈvɛnːä]

Proper noun

Ravenna f sg (genitive Ravennae); first declension

1. Ravenna (a city in Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ravenna
Genitive	Ravennae
Dative	Ravennae
Accusative	Ravennam
Ablative	Ravennā
Vocative	Ravenna
Locative	Ravennae

Derived terms

• Ravennās
• Ravennātēs
• Ravennātēnsis

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ῥᾰ́βεννᾰ (Rhábenna)
• Italian: Ravenna
  • → English: Ravenna
  • → French: Ravenne

Further reading

• “Ravenna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ravenna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.