Scarpetta
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The term scarpetta is an Italian
word literally meaning "small shoe". It can refer to:
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
word literally meaning "small shoe". It can refer to:
- a family name originating from the CampaniaCampaniaCampania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
region of ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, most notably applying to the Scarpetta family of actors and playwrights:
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- Eduardo ScarpettaEduardo ScarpettaEduardo Scarpetta was an Italian actor and playwright from Naples. Although not from a theatrical family, he was on the stage by the age of four and is today best remembered as the creator of a character that became his stage alter-ego: Felice Sciosciammocca, a typical, good-natured Neapolitan...
- Vincenzo Scarpetta
- Maria Scarpetta
- Eduardo Scarpetta
- Kay ScarpettaKay ScarpettaKay Scarpetta is a fictional character and protagonist in a series of crime novels written by Patricia Cornwell. The character is based on former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Fierro, MD. The series is noted for the use of recent forensic technology in Scarpetta's investigations.-...
, fictional Italian American pathologist in a series of novels by Patricia CornwellPatricia CornwellPatricia Cornwell is a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner.-Early life:...
- The term "scarpetta" is used in Italian slang for the act of using a piece of bread to gather remnants of sauce on a dish, an act generally considered as rude by current table manners in Western countries. This practice is also known as "Gispaccioing" in many regions, including the southwestern region of The Netherlands. The term originates from the Roman dialect.