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Webster 1913 Edition
Bologna
Bo-lo′gna
,Noun.
1.
A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.
2.
A Bologna sausage; also informally called
baloney
. Bologna sausage
[It. salsiccia di
, Bologna
]a large sausage made of bacon or ham, beef, veal, and pork, cooked and smoked, chopped fine and inclosed in a skin.
– Bologna stone
(Min.)
, radiated barite, or barium sulphate, found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers, first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when calcined.
– Bologna vial
, a vial of unannealed glass which will fly into pieces when its surface is scratched by a hard body, as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a bullet may be dropped into it without injury.
Definition 2025
Bologna
Bologna
See also: bologna
English
Proper noun
Bologna
- A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- A city, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.
Related terms
- Bologna bottle
- Bologna flask
- Bologna phial
- Bologna stone
- Bologna vial
- Bolognese
Translations
province
city
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External links
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboloɲa/
Etymology
From Italian, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Bologna f
- Bologna (province, city)
Declension
Declension of Bologna
| singulare tantum | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Bologna |
| genitive | Bologni, Bologně |
| dative | Bologni, Bologně |
| accusative | Bolognu |
| vocative | Bologno |
| locative | Bologni, Bologně |
| instrumental | Bolognou |
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈlɔɲːa/
Etymology
From Italian, from Latin Bononia, ultimately from Celtic.
Proper noun
Bologna f
- Bologna (province, city)
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Bologna |
| Accusative | Bolognu |
| Dative | Bolognu |
| Genitive | Bolognu |
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈloɲɲa/
Proper noun
Bologna f
Related terms
Anagrams
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboloɲa/
Etymology
From Italian, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic.
Proper noun
Bologna f (genitive Bologne) declension pattern ulica
- Bologna (province, city)
Declension
Declension of Bologna
| singulare tantum | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Bologna |
| genitive | Bologne |
| dative | Bologni |
| accusative | Bolognu |
| locative | Bologni |
| instrumental | Bolognou |
bologna
bologna
See also: Bologna
English
Alternative forms
Noun
bologna (plural bolognas)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Probably from the Polari slang word balonie, respelled under the influence of the preceding homophonous word bologna (“sausage”); alternatively, perhaps simply an extended use of bologna (“sausage”). See baloney for more.
Alternative forms
Noun
bologna (uncountable)
- Synonym of baloney (nonsense).