Campo Formio

American  

[kahm-paw fawr-myaw] / ˈkɑm pɔ ˈfɔr mjɔ /

noun

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

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Campo Formio British  

/ ˈkampo ˈfɔrmjo /

noun

1. Modern name: Campoformido.  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

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Campo Formio

Cobenzel later negotiated with Napoleon, then only a general, in his apartments at Campo Formio, for peace between Austria and France.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to the terms of the peace of Campo Formio, the Republic was divided between France and Austria and the Ionian isles went to France.

From Time Magazine Archive

While Pitt pursued that will o' the wisp, a money-bought peace, the Corsican was bullying the Austrian negotiators at Udine and Campo Formio.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland

A Congress of all the States was called to meet at Rastatt, in Baden, and confirm the Treaty of Campo Formio.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various