Bologna

Bologna

See also: bologna

English

Etymology

From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic. Doublet of Boulogne.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈlɒnjə/, /bəˈləʊnjə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈloʊnjə/

Proper noun

Bologna (countable and uncountable, plural Bolognas)

1. A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
2. A city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.
3. A habitational surname from Italian.

Derived terms

• Bologna bottle
• Bologna flask
• Bologna phial
• Bologna sausage
• Bologna stone
• Bologna vial

 

Related terms

• Bolognese

Translations

province

Bulgarian: Боло́ня f (Bolónja) Corsican: Bulogna f Emilian: Bulåggna Finnish: Bologna (fi) French: Bologne (fr) f Galician: Boloña German: Bologna (de) n Italian: Bologna (it) f Latvian: Boloņa f Polish: Bolonia (pl) f Russian: Боло́нья (ru) f (Bolónʹja)

city

Arabic: بُولُونْيَا‎ f (būlūnyā) Armenian: Բոլոնիա (Bolonia) Basque: Bolonia (eu) Bulgarian: Боло́ня f (Bolónja) Catalan: Bolonya f Chinese: Mandarin: 博洛尼亞／博洛尼亚 (zh) (Bóluòníyà) Corsican: Bulogna f Czech: Bologna (cs) f, Boloňa (cs) f Emilian: Bulåggna f Esperanto: Bulonjo Faroese: Bologna f Finnish: Bologna (fi) French: Bologne (fr) f Friulian: Bologne f Galician: Boloña German: Bologna (de) n Greek: Μπολόνια (el) f (Bolónia) Ancient: Βονωνία f (Bonōnía) Italian: Bologna (it) f Japanese: ボローニャ (Borōnya) Korean: 볼로냐 (Bollonya) Latin: Bonōnia f Latvian: Boloņa f Lithuanian: Bolonija f Maltese: Bolonja Occitan: Bolonha f Picard: Bolonne f Polish: Bolonia (pl) f Portuguese: Bolonha (pt) f Romanian: Bologna (ro) f, Bolonia f Russian: Боло́нья (ru) f (Bolónʹja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Болоња f Latin: Bolonja f Sicilian: Bulogna f Slovak: Bologna f Spanish: Bolonia (es) f Swedish: Bologna Venetian: Boƚògna f, Buƚògna f

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bologna is the 15907^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1827 individuals. Bologna is most common among White (92.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bologna”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 188.

Anagrams

• Bongalo, bogolan, oblonga

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Boloňa

Etymology

From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboloɲa/

Proper noun

Bologna f

1. Bologna (a province of Italy)
2. Bologna (a city in Italy)

Declension

Declension of Bologna

	singulare tantum
nominative	Bologna
genitive	Bologni, Bologně
dative	Bologni, Bologně
accusative	Bolognu
vocative	Bologno
locative	Bologni, Bologně
instrumental	Bolognou

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Faroese

Etymology

From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bononia, ultimately from Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlɔɲːa/

Proper noun

Bologna f

1. Bologna (a province of Italy)
2. Bologna (a city in Italy)

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Bologna
Accusative	Bolognu
Dative	Bolognu
Genitive	Bolognu

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈloɲ.ɲa/

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• Rhymes: -oɲɲa
• Hyphenation: Bo‧ló‧gna

Proper noun

Bologna f

1. Bologna (a province of Italy)
2. Bologna (a city in Italy)
3. the letter B in the Italian spelling alphabet

   Synonym: Bari

Related terms

• bolognese

Anagrams

• bagnolo

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Slovak

Etymology

From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboloɲa/

Proper noun

Bologna f (genitive singular Bologne, declension pattern of ulica)

1. Bologna (a province of Italy)
2. Bologna (a city in Italy)

Declension

Declension of Bologna

	singulare tantum
nominative	Bologna
genitive	Bologne
dative	Bologni
accusative	Bolognu
locative	Bologni
instrumental	Bolognou

Further reading

• Bologna in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk