Juliet

[joo-lee-uht, -et, joo-lee-et; especially for 1 jool-yuht]

Origin

noun

the heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

(used in communications to represent the letter J).

Also, Ju·li·ette. a female given name, form of Julia.

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Juliet (dʒʊlɪˈɛt)

—n
	communications a code word for the letter j

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Juliet

fem. proper name, from It. Giulietta, dim. of Giulia "Julia."

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"Romeo, of dead, should be cut up into little stars to make the heavens fine. Life, with this pair, has no other aim, asks no more, than Juliet,—than Romeo."

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