bologna

[buh-loh-nee, -nuh, -lohn-yuh]

Origin

noun

a large seasoned sausage made of finely ground meat, usually beef and pork, that has been cooked and smoked.

Also called bologna sausage.

Origin:
1555–65; after Bologna, Italy

Can be confused: bologna, baloney.

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noun

Gio·van·ni da

[jee-uh-vah-nee duh; It. jaw-vahn-nee dah] , (Jean de Boulogne; Giambologna), c1525–1608, Italian sculptor, born in France.

a city in N Italy. 484,406.

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Bologna¹ (bəˈləʊnjə, Italian boˈloɲɲa)

—n
	Ancient name: Bononia a city in N Italy, at the foot of the Apennines: became a free city in the Middle Ages; university (1088). Pop: 371 217 (2001)

Bologna² (bəˈləʊnjə, Italian boˈloɲɲa)

—n
	Giovanni da Bologna See Giambologna

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Word Origin & History

bologna

1850, variant of bologna sausage (1590s), named for the city in Italy, from L. Bononia, which either represents Gaul. bona "foundation, fortress," or Boii, the name of the Gaulish people who occupied the region 4c. B.C.E. Also see baloney.

Slang Dictionary

baloney definition

[bəˈloni]
and bologna

n.
nonsense. (Also as an exclam.) : Don't give me all that baloney!

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Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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