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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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

More than 1,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes and two people went missing in Bagnacavallo, near Ravenna.

From BBC

Schools, libraries and parks were shut in Ravenna, and the University of Bologna cancelled exams and lessons.

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A building fire Wednesday afternoon displaced residents from 26 units at a Ravenna apartment complex, Seattle Fire Department officials said.

In some countries, "the regulations governing who can act as a remittance provider can be quite stifling," says Ravenna Sohst, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute Europe.

From BBC

The chain is also working with Taha Ebrahimi, the author and illustrator of the eagerly anticipated upcoming guidebook “Street Trees of Seattle,” to debut special bookmarks celebrating exceptional trees near the Lake Forest Park, Seward Park and Ravenna locations.

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