"bologna" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈləʊnjə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈlɒnjə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈloʊni/ [General-American], /bəˈloʊnə/ [General-American] Forms: bolognas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊni, -əʊnə Etymology: From the Italian city of Bologna. Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|-}} Italian Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bologna (countable and uncountable, plural bolognas)
  1. A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sausages Synonyms: Bologna sausage, mortadella
    Sense id: en-bologna-en-noun-U5~kKhlv Disambiguation of Sausages: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boloney, baloney
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bəˈləʊnjə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈlɒnjə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈloʊni/ [General-American], /bəˈloʊnə/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -əʊni, -əʊnə 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. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bologna (uncountable)
  1. Synonym of baloney (“nonsense”) Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sausages Synonyms: baloney [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: dancing bologna
    Sense id: en-bologna-en-noun-hbFps8sq Disambiguation of Sausages: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boloney, baloney
Etymology number: 2

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