bologna

¹

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

noun

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

Bologna

²

[ buh-lohn-yuh; Italian baw-law-nyah ]

noun

1. Gio·van·ni da [jee-, uh, -, vah, -nee d, uh, jaw-, vahn, -nee dah], Jean de BoulogneGiambologna, c1525–1608, Italian sculptor, born in France.
2. a city in N Italy.

Bologna

¹

/ boˈloɲɲa; bəˈləʊnjə /

noun

1. See Giambologna
   Giovanni da Bologna
   Giovanni da Bologna BolognaGiovanni da See Giambologna

Bologna

²

/ boˈloɲɲa; bəˈləʊnjə /

noun

1. 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 nameBononiabəˈnəʊnɪə

Word History and Origins

Origin of bologna¹

1555–65; after Bologna, Italy

Example Sentences

Born in Bologna, Italy, he ran away from home at age 14 and hitchhiked across Europe.

From Time

They bought a small house and “ate a lot of bologna” so they could afford to pay extra toward the principal each month.

From Washington Post

Bates calls the jail to bring bologna sandwiches, which is all they have.

From Vox

The smell of burning bologna in the microwave brought me back.

From Washington Blade

I ain’t got no business eating a bologna sandwich, but here we are.

From Washington Post

When Bernaroli officially changed her name and gender when she renewed her identity card, the Bologna court annulled the marriage.

From The Daily Beast

The city and its environs are where lasagna, tortellini, and Bolognese sauce—not to mention bologna—originated.

From The Daily Beast

Leaving Bologna would set Hakimi on a collision course with the War on Terror.

From The Daily Beast

Her body will be repatriated to Bologna and buried in the family tomb this week.

From The Daily Beast

Not because I need to feed him, keep him in milk, yogurt, additive-free turkey bologna.

From The Daily Beast

During the early months of 1797 he commanded a column at Bologna, and was present at the capitulation of Mantua.

From Project Gutenberg

He returned to Bologna in 1221 and was given the post of legal physician to the city.

From Project Gutenberg

He told me, that I should find a note from him left at Bologna.

From Project Gutenberg

Other like works of hers exist in the Palazzo Grassi, in Bologna.

From Project Gutenberg

The University of Bologna arose at the close of the twelfth century.

From Project Gutenberg