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Geppetto (/ dʒ ə ˈ p ɛ t oʊ / jə-PET-oh; Italian: [dʒepˈpetto]) [1] is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi.Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio.
Muzio was the short form of the nickname of Giacomuzzo, which was the name of his paternal grandfather. According to tradition, young Giacomo was ploughing a field when mercenaries led by Boldrino da Panicale passed nearby in search of recruits. He then stole one of his father's horses and followed the soldiers to follow the same career.
Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, or Grandma and Grandpa, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal.Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, thirty-two genetic great-great-great ...
Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini entered World War II as an ally of Germany in June 1940. Arrighi was conscripted into the army in 1942 at age 21. It was a cause he and many others didn ...
The equivalents of Italian amare, mettere, and morire ('love, put, die) are amà, mette, and morì. [2] The change of older /ndʒ/ to /ɲɲ/, such that magnemo 'we eat' corresponds to Italian mangiamo. [2] Isomorphism of certain third-person plural and first-person singular verb endings, such that ama may mean either 'he/she/it loves' or 'they ...
Somalis use their paternal grandfather's given name as their legal surname for documentation purposes. They also use the term "ina" or "iña" meaning "the son of" or "the daughter of," which is similar to other African and Arab naming patterns. For example, the name "Ahmed Mohamed Ali Farah" means "Ahmed son of Mohamed son of Ali son of Farah."
A grandfather is a special figure in a kid's life, so he deserves a nickname that's just as unique. But picking a grandpa name isn't always an easy task — especially since it'll likely be the ...
An Old Man and his Grandson (Italian: Ritratto di vecchio con nipote) is a ca. 1490 tempera painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Domenico Ghirlandaio. One of Ghirlandaio's best-known works, it is considered notable for its emotional poignancy. Its realism has been described as unique among the portraits of the Quattrocento. [1]