catepan
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Etymology
From Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, literally “ 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.