Campo Formio

[ kahm-paw fawr-myaw ]

noun

1. a village in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in NE Italy, NW of Trieste: treaty between Austria and France 1797.

Campo Formio

/ ˈkampo ˈfɔrmjo /

noun

1. a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria Modern nameCampoformidokampoˈfɔrmido

Example Sentences

This peace, the peace of Campo Formio, was for both sides a thoroughly scoundrelly and ultimately a disastrous bargain.

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I have the honor to deliver to you the treaty signed at Campo Formio, and ratified by the emperor.

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During the years succeeding the peace of Campo Formio a revolution was effected in Germany.

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He implored peace, in the name of bleeding humanity, upon the fair basis of the treaty of Campo Formio.

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Such, too, was the treaty of Campo Formio (October 17, 1797) which ended the first revolutionary war.

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