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Ravenna , city (1990 pop. 12,069), seat of Portage co., NE Ohio, in a lake and farm area; settled 1799, inc. 1852. Named after the Italian city, Ravenna has diverse light manufactures.

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Ravenna, Italy, USA Italy (Emilia‐Romagna): possibly derived from the pre‐Latin rava ‘a stony slope subject to landslides’ with the Etruscan suffix enna; it may have been founded by the Etruscans. The city was the capital of the Western Roman Empire in 402–76, of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in 476–540, and of Byzantine Italy in 540–751.

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