bologna-sausage

bo·lo·gna

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

bologna, baloney.
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Bologna1 (bəˈləʊnjə, Italian boˈloɲɲa) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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)

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Bologna2 (bəˈləʊnjə, Italian boˈloɲɲa) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Giovanni da Bologna See Giambologna

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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.
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baloney definition

[bəˈloni]
and bologna
  1. n.
    nonsense. (Also as an exclam.) : Don't give me all that baloney!
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