Campo Formio

American  

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

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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Example Sentences

Dalmatia after 1797.—After the fall of the Venetian republic in 1797, the treaty of Campo Formio gave Dalmatia to Austria.

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The last conference between the negotiating parties was held at Campo Formio, a small village about ten miles east of the Tagliamento.

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The next day at five o'clock the treaty of Campo Formio was signed.

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During these discussions at Campo Formio, every possible endeavor was made which the most delicate ingenuity could devise, to influence Napoleon in his decisions by personal considerations.

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The treaty of peace signed at Campo Formio, Napoleon immediately sent to Paris.

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