catepan

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Etymology

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

Noun

catepan (plural catepans)

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

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