Juliet
Americannoun
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the heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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(used in communications to represent the letterJ. )
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Also Juliette a female given name, form of Julia.
noun
Example Sentences
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Her film also isn’t far enough from the source material to warrant a full name change; it’s more “Romeo + Juliet” than “Clueless.”
From Salon
The closing ceremony set at the Roman amphitheater at the heart of the city that inspired “Romeo and Juliet” celebrated the Games as “beauty in action.”
From Los Angeles Times
Hamnet's Noah Jupe and Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, who are starring next month in Romeo and Juliet on the London stage, were on the red carpet together.
From BBC
But he did use Italy as a backdrop in more than a third of his plays including “Romeo and Juliet,” which he set in Verona, transforming a city once known for violent feuds between noble families into a locale synonymous with romance.
From Los Angeles Times
Like Romeo and Juliet, U.S. skier Breezy Johnson, who won gold in the women’s downhill, also found love in northern Italy, receiving a marriage proposal from partner Connor Watkins, who dropped down to one knee near the the super-G finish line.
From Los Angeles Times
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