The name Pinocchio is a combination of the Italian words pino (pine), and occhio (eye) Pino is also an abbreviation of Giuseppino, the diminutive for Giuseppe (the Italian form of Joseph) one of the men who greatly influenced Collodi in his youth was Giuseppe Aiazzi, a prominent Italian manuscript specialist who supervised Collodi at the Libreria Piatti bookshop in Florence. Collodi often used the Italian Tuscan dialect in his book. His story has been adapted into many other media, notably the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio. Pinocchio is a cultural icon and one of the most reimagined characters in children's literature. He is known for his long nose, which (on only one occasion in the novel, but more frequently in most adaptations) grows when he lies. He was created as a wooden puppet but he dreams of becoming a real boy. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan village. Pinocchio ( / p ɪ ˈ n oʊ k i oʊ/ pin- OH-kee-oh, Italian: ) is an Italian fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany.

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