/sawl'fe rddee"naw/ for 1; /sol'feuh ree"noh/ for 2, 3 , n.
1. a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
2. ( l.c. ) a dye obtained from rosaniline.
3. ( l.c. ) vivid purplish pink.
[ dye so named from its being discovered after the battle of Solferino ]