boccaccio
IPA: boʊkˈɑtʃioʊ
Root Word: Boccaccio
noun
- Boccaccio, oder Der Prinz von Palermo (Boccaccio, or the Prince of Palermo) is an operetta in three acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée, based on the play by Jean-François Bayard, Adolphe de Leuven, Léon Lévy Brunswick and Arthur de Beauplan, based in turn on The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.
- Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian author and poet.
- (aka Boccaccios Liebesnachte) a 1920 Austrian silent film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Paul Lukas and Ica von Lenkeffy.
- a 1936 German musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Albrecht Schoenhals, Gina Falckenberg, and Willy Fritsch.
- a crater on Mercury.
- a 1940 Italian operetta film directed by Marcello Albani and starring Clara Calamai, Osvaldo Valenti and Silvana Jachino.
- (also known as The Nights of Boccaccio) a 1972 Italian comedy film written and directed by Bruno Corbucci.
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Examples of "boccaccio" in Sentences
- Imitator of Petrarch's and Boccaccio's works.
- Boccaccio never married, but had three children.
- The former was the more likely source for Boccaccio.
- Chaucer coming in contact with Petrarch or Boccaccio.
- Boccaccio probably used a French version of the tale.
- He was the son and pupil of the painter Boccaccio Boccaccino.
- The independent notability of Boccaccio appears to be limited.
- Being a translation, it's not even a primary source for Boccaccio.
- Boccaccio fills in the history before the hostage exchange as follows.
- Boccaccio used her as a vehicle to illustrate the subject of the article.
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