MARENGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marengo mean? 

• MARENGO (noun)
  The noun MARENGO has 1 sense:

1. a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians

  Familiarity information: MARENGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARENGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Holonyms ("Marengo" is a part of...):

Napoleonic Wars (a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815)

 Context examples 

We have not yet met our Waterloo, Watson, but this is our Marengo, for it begins in defeat and ends in victory.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)