Gio·van·ni da[jee-uh-vah-nee duh; Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah]/ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni də; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/, Jean de BoulogneGiambologna, c1525–1608,Italian sculptor, born in France.
original name Giovanni da Bologna or Jean de Boulogne . 1529–1608, Italian mannerist sculptor, born in Flanders: noted for his fountains and such works as Samson Slaying a Philistine (1565)
Bologna
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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)Ancient name: Bononia (bəˈnəʊnɪə)
1850, variant of bologna sausage (1590s), named for the city in Italy, whose name is from Latin Bononia, which either represents Gaulish bona "foundation, fortress," or Boii, the name of the Gaulish people who occupied the region 4c. B.C.E. Also see baloney.
