bologna

[buh-loh-nee, -nuh, -lohn-yuh] /bəˈloʊ ni, -nə, -ˈloʊn yə/
noun
1.
a large seasoned sausage made of finely ground meat, usually beef and pork, that has been cooked and smoked.
Also called bologna sausage.
Origin
1555-65; after Bologna, Italy
Can be confused
bologna, baloney.
British Dictionary definitions for bologna sausage

bologna sausage

noun
1.
(mainly US & Canadian) a large smoked sausage made of seasoned mixed meats Also called baloney, boloney, (esp Brit) polony

Bologna1

/bəˈləʊnjə; Italian boˈloɲɲa/
noun
1.
a city in N Italy, at the foot of the Apennines: became a free city in the Middle Ages; university (1088). Pop: 371 217 (2001) Ancient name Bononia (bəˈnəʊnɪə)

Bologna2

/bəˈləʊnjə; Italian boˈloɲɲa/
noun
1.
Giovanni da Bologna, See Giambologna
Word Origin and History for bologna sausage

bologna

n.

1850, variant of bologna sausage (1590s), named for the city in Italy, whose name is from Latin Bononia, which either represents Gaulish bona "foundation, fortress," or Boii, the name of the Gaulish people who occupied the region 4c. B.C.E. Also see baloney.