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Bologna vs Polony - What's the difference?

bologna | polony |

As nouns the difference between bologna and polony

is that bologna is a smoked, seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal while polony is a kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked.

As a proper noun Bologna

is a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

As an adjective polony is

polish.

bologna

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Bologna) (en proper noun)
  • A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
  • A city, the capital of Bologna also of Emilia-Romagna.

    • Related terms

    * Bologna bottle * Bologna flask * Bologna phial * Bologna stone * Bologna vial * Bolognese

    polony

    English

    (wikipedia polony)

    Etymology 1

    From obsolete (etyl) , from (etyl) Polonia

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Polish.

    • Etymology 2

    A corruption of .

    Noun

    (polonies)
  • A kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked.

    • Etymology 3

    Shortening of polonaise.

    Noun

    (polonies)
  • (Scotland) the polonaise.

    • Etymology 4

    Variant form.

    Noun

    (polonies)

    • References

    * English Polari slang