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Vinony

bologna

noun

  1. waterproof nylon fabric
  2. a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork; also : a sausage made (as of turkey) to resemble bologna
L317198 on Wikidata ↗

proper noun

  1. city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
L452715 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bəˈlɒnjə/ / /bəˈləʊnjə/ / /bəˈloʊnjə/ / /bəˈloʊni/

name

Etymology: From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic. Doublet of Boleyn and Boulogne.

  1. A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
  2. The capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.
  3. A habitational surname from Italian.

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. Synonym of baloney (“nonsense”).