bolognino

English

Etymology

From Italian bolognino, after the city of Bologna.

Noun

bolognino (plural bolognini)

  1. (historical) Any of several types of coin once minted in Bologna.
    • 1986, Philip Grierson, Lucia Travaini, Medieval European Coinage: Volume 14, South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia:
      Matteo di Capua followed the example of Chieti, the centre of his authority in the region, by striking a grosso agontano as well as a bolognino, the latter being of papal type with the bust of a saint, and the saint, shown standing on the grosso, being St Nicolas.

Italian

Etymology

From Bologna +‎ -ino.

Noun

bolognino m (plural bolognini)

  1. bolognino
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