Bologna - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Bologna :  (noun)
1: the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy east of the Apennines [syn: Bologna]
2: large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork [syn: Bologna sausage]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Bologna : \Bo*lo"gna\, n. 1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.

2. A Bologna sausage.

Bologna sausage [It. salsiccia di Bologna], a large sausage made of bacon or ham, veal, and pork, chopped fine and inclosed in a skin.

Bologna stone (Min.), radiated barite, or barium sulphate, found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers, first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when calcined.

Bologna vial, a vial of unannealed glass which will fly into pieces when its surface is scratched by a hard body, as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a bullet may be dropped into it without injury.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Bologna

shawntempesta: @DaynaRoselli @BrianLoftus8 Ill be your designated "tractor trailer filled with Bologna tips over on 215" reporter. Call on me evry 14 yrs
bolognafc: Bologna, Zenoni: "Bravissimo Colomba"... http://bit.ly/8ktigz #calcio
haglhul: @talk2ya you forgot a holly wells and a tin of pipsi.... slice of Bologna on the side too while you're at it
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