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Boc·cac·ci·o 
Audio Help [boh-kah-chee-oh, -choh, buh-; It. bawk-kaht-chaw] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [boh-kah-chee-oh, -choh, buh-; It. bawk-kaht-chaw] Pronunciation Key –noun
| Gio·van·ni
Audio Help [jee-uh-vah-nee; It. jaw-vahn-nee] Pronunciation Key, 1313–75, Italian writer: author of the Decameron. |
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boccaccio
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| Boc·cac·cio
Audio Help (bō-kä'chē-ō', -chō') Pronunciation Key
French-born Italian poet and writer whose classic work, the Decameron (1351-1353), is a collection of 100 tales set against the melancholic background of the Black Death. |
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Boccaccio
the name means "big-mouth" in It., from boccaccia, augmentative of bocca "mouth."
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| boccaccio | |
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| Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375) |
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