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Juliet

American  
[joo-lee-uht, -et, joo-lee-et, jool-yuht] / ˈdʒu li ət, -ˌɛt, ˌdʒu liˈɛt, ˈdʒul yət /

noun

  1. the heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

  2. (used in communications to represent the letterJ. )

  3. Also Juliette a female given name, form of Julia.

Juliet British  
/ dʒʊlɪˈɛt /

noun

  1. communications a code word for the letter j

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Russell Kane is due to make his theatre debut in a "striking new take" on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet later this year.

From BBC

Romeo and Juliet is being staged as a collaboration between the venue and theatre company Not Too Tame.

From BBC

Dance Project, is billed as a “contemporary interpretation” of Sergei Prokofiev’s 1935 “Romeo and Juliet,” Op.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Romeo & Juliet Suite,” the site-specific production choreographed and directed by Benjamin Millepied, founder and director of L.A.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other Shakespeare characters given musical attention by Prokofiev—such as the heads of the Capulet and Montague families, Juliet’s Nurse, Friar Lawrence and Paris—are not found here.

From The Wall Street Journal

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