catepan

English

Alternative forms

catapan

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, literally “[the one] placed at the top, or the topmost”).

Noun

catepan (plural catepans)

(historical) The governor of a catepanate such as the Catepanate of Italy, a Byzantine province.

Translations

governor

Greek:
Ancient: κατεπάνω (katepánō)

Italian: catapano (it)
Russian: катепа́н m (katepán)

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