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 /

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

“I actually traveled to Solferino on a previous trip, to see the Church of Bones,” he said.

Escape from Korea |Jane Ciabattari |March 13, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
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

solferino

/ (ˌsɒlfəˈriːnəʊ) /

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