: a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork
also
: a sausage made (as of turkey) to resemble bologna
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Most of their lunches consist of a simple sandwich—two pieces of white bread with a few slices of bologna—plus an apple.
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Doug Melville, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Oscar Mayer sold a total of 45,000 tons of bologna last year.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
Meat processor Oscar Mayer was looking for a way to repurpose some of its surplus bologna, which was losing appeal with the public.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
The bologna was seized and destroyed by the CBP agriculture specialists.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
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Doug Melville, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Oscar Mayer sold a total of 45,000 tons of bologna last year.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
Meat processor Oscar Mayer was looking for a way to repurpose some of its surplus bologna, which was losing appeal with the public.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
The bologna was seized and destroyed by the CBP agriculture specialists.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Bologna.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bologna. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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bologna
noun
bo·lo·gna
bə-ˈlō-nē 
also -n(y)ə
: a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork
Geographical Definition
Bologna
geographical name
Bo·lo·gna
bō-ˈlō-nyä
variants
or ancient Bononia
commune in northern Italy at the foot of the Apennines; capital of the region of Emilia-Romagna population 379,964
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