Ravennese

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adjective

Ravennate; of Ravenna.

OriginLatin Ravennātēnsis →
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Meanings

adjectiveRavennese (comparative more Ravennese, superlative most Ravennese)

comparative more Ravennese · superlative most Ravennese

  1. Ravennate; of Ravenna.

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

    1930, Helen Knight, “Sense-form in pictorial art”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
nounRavennese pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe natives or inhabitants of Ravenna in Italy.

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

    1903, Reginald Bloomfield, Art. IV., “Byzantium or Ravenna?”, in The Quarterly Review, volume 197, number 394, page 417

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ravennate

Origin

  1. LatinRavennātēnsis
  2. EnglishRavennese

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

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APA

Ravennese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ravennese

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“Ravennese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ravennese. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ravennese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ravennese.

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