Borodino

American  

[bawr-uh-dee-noh, bor-, buh-ruh-dyi-naw] / ˌbɔr əˈdi noʊ, ˌbɒr-, bə rə dyɪˈnɔ /

noun

1. a village in the W Russian Federation, 70 miles (113 km) W of Moscow: Napoleon's victory here made possible the capture of Moscow, 1812.

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Borodino British  

/ ˌbɒrəˈdiːnəʊ, bərədiˈnɔ /

noun

1. a village in E central Russia, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Moscow: scene of a battle (1812) in which Napoleon defeated the Russians but irreparably weakened his army

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Example Sentences

I was absorbed by the stories of Natasha Rostov, Prince Andrei, and Pierre Bezukhov, and found the extremely long descriptions of fighting, especially of the Battle of Borodino, pretty boring, to be frank.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 13, 2019

But fiction depends on the “suspension of disbelief”, on establishing a plausible fake reality, as does Tolstoy’s War and Peace in the historical setting of Borodino.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2018

For a patriotic game, I would have expected Borodino or Stalingrad.

From Forbes • Oct. 11, 2013

Gen. Mikhail Kutusov of the Russian forces set up a defensive position in Borodino, about 70 miles west of Moscow.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2012

Has Count Tolstoi a campaign to narrate, or a battle, say the Borodino, to describe?

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)