Luciano
Light-derived Italian name
Luciano is an Italian given name, the equivalent of Lucian.
In American context, it often evokes Lucky Luciano, the gangster who organized modern American organized crime in the 1930s: The guy thinks he's some kind of Luciano.
The name remains common in Italian-speaking countries and among Italian-American families.
- tenorEssential meaning or import
- bel cantoElegant Italian vocal style
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- La BohèmePuccini's garret-set tragedy
Tosca · Rigoletto · Modena · Metropolitan Opera · high C · Verdi · Puccini · opera house
Organized crime member
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- bossWorkplace superior
- gangsterCriminal organization member
Cosa Nostra · underworld · racketeer · crime family · Genovese · bootlegging · prohibition · New York
Pavarotti
La Bohème · Tosca · Rigoletto · Modena · Metropolitan Opera · high C · Verdi · Puccini · opera house · vocal
mobster
Organized crime member
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- bossWorkplace superior
gangster · Cosa Nostra · underworld · racketeer · crime family · Genovese · bootlegging · prohibition · New York · Havana
- Italian NamesAndrea, Angelo, Anna, Antonio, Beatrice
- Italian SurnamesRossi, Ferrari, Esposito, Romano, Colombo
- Crime SyndicatesCosa Nostra, Five Families, Sicilian Mafia, Medellin Cartel, Irish Mob
LucianoEliot Ness
Prohibition-era federal agent
J. Edgar Hoover · Rudy Giuliani · lawman · G-man · crime fighter
- St. LuciaEastern Caribbean island country
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Saint LuciaEastern Caribbean island nation
- St LuciaEastern Caribbean island nation
- Lucky Luciano
- Santa LuciaItalian folk melody