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

Sunday dinner – a thin slice of bologna between white bread and an ounce of potato chips – isn't enough. —Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025

The low-fat craze of the '80s and '90s left sales of similar deli meats like bologna dropping year after year, according to the blog Food Republic. —Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025

Long before becoming worth some $200 million, Harvey spent nearly three years homeless—sleeping in his Ford Tempo, keeping food cold in an Igloo cooler, and living on bologna sandwiches from making just $50 a week. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025

These tend to be less processed and have fewer additives than mixed meats such as ham, salami and bologna. —The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 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