Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
bologna
noun · first attested 19th century
The lunch meat is named for an Italian city.
A large smooth-textured cooked sausage.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Bologna
- In English
bologna
The sausage descends from mortadella di Bologna. American English kept the city's name, and often its own spelling of the sound.
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