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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

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Etymology

Origin of Marengo

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

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From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2025

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He has made cardinals out of their leaders to show the universal reach of the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, including the head of the Mongolian church, Cardinal Giorgio Marengo.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2023

He would have been very surprised if anyone had told him he would end up caretaker at the Marengo home.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

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 Zangwill, Israel

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