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noun a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
noun an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
originSo called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought at about the time of its discovery.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0