Marengo

American  

[muh-reng-goh, mah-reng-gaw] / məˈrɛŋ goʊ, mɑˈrɛŋ gɔ /

noun

• Marengos
  plural

1. a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.

2. a former gold coin of Italy, issued by Napoleon after the battle of Marengo.

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adjective

1. (often lowercase) (of food) browned in oil and cooked with tomatoes, garlic, wine, and often mushrooms and brandy.

   chicken marengo.

Marengo ¹ British  

/ məˈrɛŋɡəʊ /

adjective

1. (postpositive) browned in oil and cooked with tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, wine, etc

   chicken Marengo

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Marengo ² British  

/ məˈrɛŋɡəʊ, maˈreŋɡo /

noun

1. a village in NW Italy: site of a major battle in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Austrians (1800)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Marengos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Marengo

C19: after a dish prepared for Napoleon after the battle of Marengo

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Example Sentences

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Marengo Marengos

Darden’s Altadena home — 2528 Marengo Ave., about five blocks west of Lake Avenue — was not included in an evacuation order zone, or “polygon,” Boxer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025

South Marengo showcases homes by famed Craftsman architect Louis B. Easton as well Craftsman bungalow courts, featuring bunches of Craftsman homes grouped around common spaces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

Nabil B called the Marengo case "the most diseased and poisoned trial ever".

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024

Still, the visit will show how far it has come since locals watched "these funny foreigners praying," Marengo said.

From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023

Small houses, grand farmhouses, and the Paradise Park Campground, which would have been a perfect stop for the night, if it weren’t a few miles shy of her destination: Marengo, Illinois.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

If I cannot have my war at my own doors, and hear the bands and the cannon I have paid for, I must at least have sensational battle-fields—Actiums and Waterloos and Marengos.

From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill

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