Ravenna

[ ruh-ven-uh; Italian rah-ven-nah ]

noun

1. a city in NE Italy: the capital of Italy in the period of the Byzantine Empire; tomb of Dante.
2. a city in NE Ohio.

Ravenna

/ rəˈvɛnə; raˈvenna /

noun

1. a city and port in NE Italy, in Emilia-Romagna: capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402 to 476, of the Ostrogoths from 493 to 526, and of the Byzantine exarchate from 584 to 751; famous for its ancient mosaics. Pop: 134 631 (2001)

Example Sentences

The Ravenna Geographer gives a list of towns—the names of some of which being difficult to identify.

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Far and far away, shining in the sun, Ravenna lay, and lean Rimini and bartered Pesaro.

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Ravenna was again an Imperial city, and destined to remain so for two centuries.

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Again I borrow from the anonymous author, the supposed Bishop of Ravenna.

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At Ravenna the young puppet-Emperor, Romulus, was also taken prisoner.

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