Puccini

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An Italian composer who wrote emotional operas like La Bohème

proper noun
/pʊˈtʃiːni/

: Puccini

Many opera lovers consider Giacomo Puccini to be one of the greatest composers of all time.
Puccini operas

So he says he's talking about music, and he says I like Verdi and Puccini.

Examples

Carla changes the CD: A Puccini opera plays.

Fiction book (1996)
David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, which won a number of awards and enjoyed a long run on Broadway, recalls Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

Academic text (1991)
Where did you say it was from, Mr. Puccini?

Victoria & Abdul (2017)
I read an article a while ago that said, 'When we fall in love, we hear Puccini in our heads.'

The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Puccini died before he finished it.

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
Your Majesty, Signor Puccini has arrived.

Victoria & Abdul (2017)
The gift was poignantly apt, for my mother loved melodic music, Puccini arias in particular.

Fiction book (1999)
Metropolitan Opera Radio will debut with Monday's opening-night gala of a new production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly."

Blog text (34)
Miranda pumped the heater up to full, programmed her CD player to Puccini's La Bohème, and drove with the music soaring.

Fiction book (1999)
The room is filled with the sad strains of "E Lucevan le Stelle," an aria from Puccini's Tosca that is booming out from Pauline's portable record player.

Fiction book (1994)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Puccini is an Italian family name and is best known as the last name of composer Giacomo Puccini, who wrote famous operas like 'La Bohème'. So, Puccini usually means the Italian composer or his music, and the name brings to mind strong, emotional opera.