Solferino

[ sawl-fe-ree-naw for 1; sol-fuh-ree-noh for 2, 3 ]

/ ˌsɔl fɛˈri nɔ for 1; ˌsɒl fəˈri noʊ for 2, 3 /

noun

a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.

(lowercase) a dye obtained from rosaniline.

(lowercase) vivid purplish pink.

Origin of Solferino

dye so named from its being discovered after the battle of Solferino

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Examples from the Web for solferino

“I actually traveled to Solferino on a previous trip, to see the Church of Bones,” he said.
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The campaign of Magenta and Solferino took place ten years later.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8|Various
Twice, since I was here before, she has had a terrible humiliation—in 1859 and in 1866—at Solferino and at Sadowa.
From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn|Henry M. Field
He saw unity at last almost come, after Solferino he declared that the Austrian domination was at an end.
Builders of United Italy|Rupert Sargent Holland

That new light seems to have flashed upon Napoleon for the first time from the stern Austrian ranks on the day of Solferino.
Browning and His Century|Helen Archibald Clarke
The matter is in fair way to disturb the peace of Europe before Sadowa shall have become as old a battle as we now rate Solferino.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866|Various

British Dictionary definitions for solferino

solferino

/ (ˌsɒlfəˈriːnəʊ) /

noun

a moderate purplish-red colour
(as adjective)a solferino suit

Word Origin for solferino

C19: from a dye discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino, a town in Italy

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