Ravennese

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

Ravennese (comparative more Ravennese, superlative most Ravennese)

1. Ravennate; of Ravenna.
   • 1930, Helen Knight, "Sense-form in pictorial art" in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society:

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

Noun

Ravennese (uncountable)

1. The natives or inhabitants of Ravenna in Italy.
   • 1903, Reginald Bloomfield, Art. IV. "Byzantium or Ravenna?" in The Quarterly Review, Vol. 197, No. 394, p. 417.

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