Solferino
noun
a village in southeastern Lombardy, in northern Italy: battle 1859.
Solferino
American
[sawl-fe-ree-naw, sol-fuh-ree-noh]
/ ˌsɔl fɛˈri nɔ, ˌsɒl fəˈri noʊ /
noun
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a village in southeastern Lombardy, in northern Italy: battle 1859.
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(lowercase) a dye obtained from rosaniline.
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(lowercase) vivid purplish pink.
solferino
British
/ ˌsɒlfəˈriːnəʊ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Solferino
First recorded in 1865–70; dye so named from its being discovered after the battle of Solferino
Example Sentences
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The show is on view from Tuesday through June 10 at Via Solferino 11.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
I stopped on the Solferino bridge to look at the lights filtered through a cold mist.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 1, 2015
His father, Zephirin Auguste Joseph Gamelin, became Controller General of the French Army after he had been gravely wounded at Solferino, during Napoleon Ill's fight against the Austrians.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Genevan traveler, Henri Dunant, was so appalled by the spectacle of the wounded French and Austrian soldiers left to die on the battlefield that he wrote an indignant book titled Un Souvenir de Solferino.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scheibert, the Prussian, chatted with him about the Battle of Solferino.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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