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Bologna

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Bo·lo·gna  (b-lny)
A city of north-central Italy at the foot of the Apennines north-northeast of Florence. It was originally an Etruscan town and became a Roman colony in the second century b.c. Its famed university was founded as a law school in a.d. 425. Population: 373,000.
Bo·lognan, Bolo·gnese (bl-nz, -ns, -ln-yz, -ys) adj. & n.
bo·lo·gna  (b-ln, -n, -ny) also ba·lo·ney or bo·lo·ney (-n)
n.
A seasoned smoked sausage made of mixed meats, such as beef, pork, and veal.
[After Bologna.]
Bologna [bəˈləʊnjə (Italian) boˈloɲɲa]
n
(Placename) a city in N Italy, at the foot of the Apennines: became a free city in the Middle Ages; university (1088). Pop.: 381 161 (2000 est.) Ancient name Bononia [bəˈnəʊnɪə]
Bologna2
n
(Biographies / Bologna, Giovanni da) Giovanni da. See Giambologna
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Bologna - the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy to the east of the Apennines
Emilia-Romagna - a region of north central Italy on the Adriatic
2.bologna - large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork
Bologna sausage
sausage - highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
polony - another name for Bologna sausage
Translations
Bologna [bəˈləʊnjə] N → Bolonia f
bologna, bologna sausage
n (Cook) → Mortadella f


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In reality, true nature is as difficult to be met with in authors, as the Bayonne ham, or Bologna sausage, is to be found in the shops.
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When Don Lorenzo had finished reciting his gloss, Don Quixote stood up, and in a loud voice, almost a shout, exclaimed as he grasped Don Lorenzo's right hand in his, "By the highest heavens, noble youth, but you are the best poet on earth, and deserve to be crowned with laurel, not by Cyprus or by Gaeta- as a certain poet, God forgive him, said- but by the Academies of Athens, if they still flourished, and by those that flourish now, Paris, Bologna, Salamanca.
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Of the Orsini he had a warning when, after taking Faenza and attacking Bologna, he saw them go very unwillingly to that attack.
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