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Bologna

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a large sausage or cold cut, named for the Italian city of its origin
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Bologna
Italian · medieval
"an Italian city name"
a city in northern Italy famous for its seasoned sausage
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bologna
English · 1600s
"a seasoned sausage, or a large sliced cold cut"
adopted directly for the seasoned sausage named after the city
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