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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

Bo⋅lo⋅gna

[buh-lohn-yuh; It. baw-law-nyah]
–noun
1. 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.
2. a city in N Italy. 484,406.
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bo·lo·gna   (bə-lō'nē, -nə, -nyə)   
n.  A seasoned smoked sausage made of mixed meats, such as beef, pork, and veal.

[After Bologna.]
Bo·lo·gna   (bə-lōn'yə)   
A city of north-central Italy at the foot of the Apennines north-northeast of Florence. It was originally an Etruscan town and became a Roman colony in the second century B.C. Its famed university was founded as a law school in A.D. 425. Population: 373,000.
Bo·lo'gnan, Bo'lo·gnese' (bō'lə-nēz', -nēs', -lən-yēz', -yēs') adj. & n.
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