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# bologna

«bologna» in Mova's school dictionary: **Bologna: a city in northern Italy, famous for its old…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Bologna — a city; bologna — a sausage)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Bologna: a city in northern Italy, famous for its old university and its food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#m1)

2) (bologna, especially US and Canada) A large smoked sausage of pork and beef, sliced thinly for sandwiches; also called «baloney» or «boloney». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons Bologna is an Italian city; spaghetti bolognese (pasta with meat sauce) is named after it. In everyday American and Canadian life, a bologna sandwich is a common packed lunch. In slang, «baloney» also means nonsense.

### examples

- Bologna has one of the oldest universities in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#x1)
- I had a bologna sandwich for lunch. (US) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#x2)
- Spaghetti bolognese is named after Bologna. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#x3)
- The deli sliced the bologna very thin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#x4)
- We visited Bologna and ate delicious pasta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#x5)
- Fried bologna is a favourite in some US homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#x6)
- «That's a load of baloney!» meaning nonsense. (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/#x7)

### note

Capital B for the city: Bologna, said «buh-LOHN-ya». The sausage is often said «buh-LOH-nee» and spelt «baloney» or «boloney». The input is lower case only because of the word list. Uncountable for the meat: «some bologna».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bologna» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bologna/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.