Magenta
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of deep purplish red
noun
(2) A battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
(3) A dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
Magenta
- a town in Northern Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.