Meanings
proper noun
- A province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy.
- 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.
- A city, the county seat of Portage County, Ohio, United States, named after the Italian city.
Origin
- LatinRavenna
- ItalianRavenna
- EnglishRavenna
Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna.
More words from Italian, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Равена, Равена
- Равена (Ravena)province
- Равена (Ravena)city
Chinese Mandarin 拉韋納省 /拉韦纳省, 拉韋納 /拉韦纳
- 拉韋納省 /拉韦纳省 (Lāwéinà Shěng)province
- 拉韋納 /拉韦纳 (Lāwéinà)province
- 拉韋納 /拉韦纳 (Lāwéinà)city
French Ravenne, Ravenne
- Ravenneprovince
- Ravennecity
German Ravenna
- Ravennacity
Greek Ραβέννα
- Ραβέννα (Ravénna)city
Italian Ravenna, Ravenna
- Ravennaprovince
- Ravennacity
Japanese ラヴェンナ, ラヴェンナ
- ラヴェンナprovince
- ラヴェンナcity
Latin Ravenna
- Ravennacity
Polish Rawenna, Rawenna
- Rawennaprovince
- Rawennacity
Russian Раве́нна, Раве́нна
- Раве́нна (Ravénna)province
- Раве́нна (Ravénna)city
Spanish Rávena, Rávena
- Rávenaprovince
- Rávenacity
Cite this entry
APA
Ravenna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ravenna
MLA
“Ravenna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ravenna. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ravenna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ravenna.
Source: Ravenna on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.