Bononia

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Bolōnia (Late Latin) === Etymology === From the Celtic word for “settlement”; compare Gaulish *bona (“foundation, fortress”) << Proto-Celtic *bonus (“foundation”) and Boii, the Latin name of the Gaulish people who occupied the region c. 4th century BC. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɔˈnoː.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [boˈnɔː.ni.a] === Proper noun === Bonōnia f sg (genitive Bonōniae); first declension Bologna, Italy Boulogne-sur-Mer, France ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Emilian: Bulåggna Old French: Boloigne, Bouloigne French: Bologne, Boulogne Picard: Boulonne → Middle English: Boloyne, Boleyne, BoloigneEnglish: Boulogne (pronunciation remodelled after modern French); Boleyn→ Middle Welsh: Bwlwyn Italian: Bologna Sicilian: Bulogna →⇒ English: bononian →? Polish: Bolonia → Spanish: Bolonia ==== See also ==== Felsina === References === “Bononia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Bononia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.