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bologna.

A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bəˈləʊnjə/Received-Pronunciation/bəˈlɒnjə/Received-Pronunciation/bəˈloʊni/General-American/bəˈloʊnə/General-American
  1. A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the Italian city of Bologna.

noun/bəˈləʊnjə/Received-Pronunciation/bəˈlɒnjə/Received-Pronunciation/bəˈloʊni/General-American/bəˈloʊnə/General-American
  1. Synonym of baloney (“nonsense”).

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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