noun
bologna
buh-LOHN-yuh/bəˈləʊnjə/
A large smoked sausage commonly sliced for sandwiches.
Slices of bologna lie beside the sausage and an open sandwich.
Etymology
Bononia is the old name of Bologna, the city where this type of sausage was first made. The food name is shortened from “bologna sausage,” preserving its place of origin.
In context
a bologna sandwich was pretty good, too.
More examples
- She bought bologna.
- He added bologna to his lunch.
- The deli sliced the bologna.
Forms
bologna
Similar words
- sausage
- The broader food category.
- mortadella
- A related Italian sausage with visible pieces of fat.