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See also: Bologna
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈləʊnjə/, /bəˈlɒnjə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈloʊni/, /bəˈloʊnə/
- Rhymes: -əʊni, -əʊnə
Etymology 1
[edit]From the Italian city of Bologna.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]bologna (countable and uncountable, plural bolognas)
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]type of sausage — see baloney
Further reading
[edit]- Bologna sausage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]bologna (uncountable)
- Synonym of baloney (“nonsense”)
Alternative forms
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- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊni
- Rhymes:English/əʊni/3 syllables
- Rhymes:English/əʊnə
- Rhymes:English/əʊnə/3 syllables
- English terms derived from Italian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms derived from toponyms
- en:Sausages