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Meaning
Noun
●
In Corvids:
Any of several,
generally
large and
lustrous
black
species
of
birds
in the
genus
Corvus, especially the
common raven
, Corvus corax.
●
In Blacks & Colors:
A
jet-black
colour.
●
Rapine; rapacity.
●
Prey;
plunder
; food
obtained
by violence.
Adj
●
In Blacks & Colors:
Of the
color
of the
raven
; jet-black
Verb
●
To
obtain
or
seize
by violence.
●
To
devour
with great eagerness.
●
To
prey on
with rapacity.
●
To show
rapacity
; to be
greedy
(for something).
Name
●
A surname.
●
A
female
given name
from English for a
girl
with
raven
hair
, used since the 1970s.
●
A
male
given name
●
A place name:
A
community
in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada,
possibly
named
after the Raven River.
●
A place name:
A number of
places
in the United States:
An
unincorporated
community
in Prairie Township, Edgar County, Illinois.
●
A place name:
A number of
places
in the United States:
An
unincorporated
community
in Knott County, Kentucky.
●
A place name:
A number of
places
in the United States:
An
unincorporated
community
in Brown County, Nebraska.
●
A place name:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
census-designated place
in Russell County and Tazewell County, Virginia.
●
A place name:
A
village
in Kardzhali
province
, Bulgaria.
●
A place name:
A
village
in Gostivar
municipality
, North Macedonia.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
raven
English
hræfn
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
raviner
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
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