Magenta Definition

mə-jĕntə
noun
Webster's New World
Purplish red.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Purplish-red.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A town in Northern Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.
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Other Word Forms of Magenta

Noun

Singular:
magenta
Plural:
magentas

Origin of Magenta

  • Named in 1859 by Edward Chambers Nicholson after the Battle of Magenta, fought earlier that year.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Magenta , a town of northwest Italy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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