Ma·ren·go (m -r ng g )adj. Prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, onion, and white wine: veal Marengo. [After Marengo, a village of northwest Italy (probably from the chicken dish served to Napoleon following his victory over the Austrians here on June 14, 1800).] |
Marengo1
adj
(Cookery) (postpositive) browned in oil and cooked with tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, wine, etc. chicken Marengo
[after a dish prepared for Napoleon after the battle of Marengo]
Marengo2
n
(Placename) a village in NW Italy: site of a major battle in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Austrians (1800)
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| Noun | 1. |  Marengo - a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the AustriansNapoleonic 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 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 |
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