bologna

noun

bo·​lo·​gna bə-ˈlō-nē 

 also  -nyə,

-nə

variants or less commonly baloney

bə-ˈlō-nē 

: a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork

also : a sausage made (as of turkey) to resemble bologna

Examples of bologna in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just the fried bologna, transformed by the application of heat. —Robert Klose, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025

According to the South Florida Reporter, Americans consume roughly 800 million pounds of bologna each year. —Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025

In long summer days, my friends and I could leave the house with peanut butter and jelly or bologna sandwiches in the baskets of our bicycles, and the only restriction laid down was to be home for dinner or before dark, whichever came first. —Linda Chapin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025

For the same reason, Stop Sales also rained on shrimp, mahi fillets, tilapia, bologna, sausage and ham in retail cold units. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

short for Bologna sausage, from Bologna, Italy

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bologna

• atony
• baloney
• begone
• canzone
• estrone
• fanconi
• mansoni
• moloney
• morone
• ngoni
• pallone
• quinone

Kids Definition

bologna

noun

bo·​lo·​gna bə-ˈlō-nē 

 also  -n(y)ə

: a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork

Geographical Definition

Bologna

geographical name

Bo·​lo·​gna bō-ˈlō-nyä 

variants or ancient Bononia

bə-ˈnō-nē-ə 

commune in northern Italy at the foot of the Apennines; capital of the region of Emilia-Romagna population 379,964

Bolognan

bə-ˈlō-nyən 

adjective or noun

or Bolognese

ˌbō-lə-ˈnēz 

-ˈnēs,

-ˈnyēz,

-ˈnyēs