Letter (alphabet), the Glossary
In a writing system, a letter is a grapheme that generally corresponds to a phoneme—the smallest functional unit of speech—though there is rarely total one-to-one correspondence between the two.[1]
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196 relations: A, A (Cyrillic), A-frame, Aleph, Algebra, Allograph, Alpha, Alpha particle, Alphabet, Alphabetical order, Arabic alphabet, Armenian alphabet, Assamese alphabet, Ayb (Armenian letter), Ayin, B, Be (Cyrillic), Ben (Armenian letter), Bengali alphabet, Bet (letter), Beta, Beta particle, Bopomofo, Brontë family, Burmese alphabet, C, C-clamp, Che (Cyrillic), Chi (letter), Code point, Consonant, Cyrillic script, D, D-ring, Dalet, De (Cyrillic), Delta (letter), Diving cylinder, E, E (Cyrillic), Ef (Cyrillic), El (Cyrillic), Em (Cyrillic), En (Cyrillic), English language, Engraving, Epsilon, Er (Cyrillic), Es (Cyrillic), Et (Armenian letter), ... Expand index (146 more) »
A
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide.
A (Cyrillic)
А (А а; italics: А а) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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A-frame
An A-frame is a basic structure designed to bear a load in a lightweight economical manner.
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Aleph
Aleph (or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ʾālep 𐤀, Hebrew ʾālef א, Aramaic ʾālap 𐡀, Syriac ʾālap̄ ܐ, Arabic ʾalif ا, and North Arabian 𐪑.
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Algebra
Algebra is the branch of mathematics that studies algebraic structures and the manipulation of statements within those structures.
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Allograph
In graphemics and typography, the term allograph is used of a glyph that is a design variant of a letter or other grapheme, such as a letter, a number, an ideograph, a punctuation mark or other typographic symbol. Letter (alphabet) and allograph are typography.
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Alpha
Alpha (uppercase, lowercase) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Alpha particle
Alpha particles, also called alpha rays or alpha radiation, consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus.
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Alphabet
An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Letter (alphabet) and alphabet are alphabets.
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Alphabetical order
Alphabetical order is a system whereby character strings are placed in order based on the position of the characters in the conventional ordering of an alphabet. Letter (alphabet) and Alphabetical order are alphabets.
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Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet (الْأَبْجَدِيَّة الْعَرَبِيَّة, or الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة), or Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language.
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Armenian alphabet
The Armenian alphabet (Հայոց գրեր, Hayocʼ grer or Հայոց այբուբեն, Hayocʼ aybuben) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic writing system developed for Armenian and occasionally used to write other languages. Letter (alphabet) and Armenian alphabet are alphabets.
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Assamese alphabet
The Assamese alphabet (translit) is a writing system of the Assamese language and is a part of the Bengali-Assamese script.
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Ayb (Armenian letter)
Ayb (majuscule: Ա; minuscule: ա; Armenian: այբ) is the first letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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Ayin
Ayin (also ayn or ain; transliterated) is the sixteenth letter of the Semitic scripts, including Phoenician ʿayin 𐤏, Hebrew ʿayin ע, Aramaic ʿē 𐡏, Syriac ʿē ܥ, and Arabic ʿayn ع (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only).
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B
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Be (Cyrillic)
Be (Б б or Ƃ, δ; italics: Б б or Ƃ, δ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Ben (Armenian letter)
Ben (majuscule: Բ, minuscule: բ; բեն) is a letter of the Armenian alphabet, used in the Armenian language.
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Bengali alphabet
The Bengali script or Bangla alphabet (Bangla bôrṇômala, বেঙ্গলি ময়েক|Bengali mayek) is the alphabet used to write the Bengali language based on the Bengali-Assamese script, and has historically been used to write Sanskrit within Bengal.
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Bet (letter)
Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician bēt 𐤁, Hebrew bēt ב, Aramaic bēṯ 𐡁, Syriac bēṯ ܒ, and Arabic bāʾ ب.
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Beta
Beta (uppercase, lowercase, or cursive; bē̂ta or víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Beta particle
A beta particle, also called beta ray or beta radiation (symbol β), is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus during the process of beta decay.
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Bopomofo
Bopomofo, also called Zhuyin Fuhao, or simply Zhuyin, is a transliteration system for Standard Chinese and other Sinitic languages.
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Brontë family
The Brontës were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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Burmese alphabet
The Burmese alphabet (မြန်မာအက္ခရာ myanma akkha.ya) is an abugida used for writing Burmese.
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C
C, or c, is the third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
C-clamp
A C-clamp or G-clamp or G-cramp is a type of clamp device typically used to hold a wood or metal workpiece, and often used in, but are not limited to, carpentry and welding.
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Che (Cyrillic)
Che, Cha or Chu (Ч ч; italics: Ч ч) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Chi (letter)
Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; χῖ) is the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Code point
A code point, codepoint or code position is a particular position in a table, where the position has been assigned a meaning.
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Consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract, except for the h, which is pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.
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Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script, Slavonic script or simply Slavic script is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. Letter (alphabet) and Cyrillic script are alphabets.
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D
D, or d, is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
D-ring
A D-ring is an item of hardware, usually a tie-down metal ring shaped like a capital letter 'D' used primarily as a lashing or attachment point.
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Dalet
Dalet (also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician dālt 𐤃, Hebrew dālet ד, Aramaic dālaṯ 𐡃, Syriac dālaṯ ܕ, and Arabic dāl د (in abjadi order; 8th in modern order).
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De (Cyrillic)
De (Д д; italic: Д д) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Delta (letter)
Delta (uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; δέλτα, délta) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Diving cylinder
A diving cylinder or diving gas cylinder is a gas cylinder used to store and transport high pressure gas used in diving operations.
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E
E, or e, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
E (Cyrillic)
Э э (Э э; italics: Э э; also known as backwards ye, from Russian е оборо́тное, ye oborótnoye) is a letter found in three Slavic languages: Russian, Belarusian, and West Polesian.
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Ef (Cyrillic)
Ef or Fe (Ф ф; italics: Ф ф) is a Cyrillic letter, commonly representing the voiceless labiodental fricative, like the pronunciation of in "fill, flee, or fall".
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El (Cyrillic)
El (Л л or Ʌʌ; italics: Л л or Ʌʌ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Em (Cyrillic)
Em (М м; italics: М м) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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En (Cyrillic)
En (Н н; italics: Н н) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin.
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Epsilon
Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε or ϵ; έψιλον) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a mid<!-- not close-mid, see (1999) - Illustrations of the IPA: Modern Greek. --> front unrounded vowel or.
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Er (Cyrillic)
Er (Р р; italics: Р р) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Es (Cyrillic)
Es (С с; italics: С с) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Et (Armenian letter)
Et or Yt (majuscule: Ը: minuscule: ը; Armenian: ըթ) is the eighth letter of the Armenian alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century.
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Eta
Eta (uppercase, lowercase; ἦτα ē̂ta or ήτα ita) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the close front unrounded vowel,.
Eth
Eth (uppercase: Ð, lowercase: ð; also spelled edh or eð), known as ðæt in Old English, is a letter used in Old English, Middle English, Icelandic, Faroese (in which it is called edd), and Elfdalian.
Etruscan alphabet
The Etruscan alphabet was used by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization of central and northern Italy, to write their language, from about 700 BC to sometime around 100 AD. Letter (alphabet) and Etruscan alphabet are alphabets.
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Etruscan language
Etruscan was the language of the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria, in Etruria Padana and Etruria Campana in what is now Italy.
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F
F, or f, is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
F-clamp
An F-clamp, also known as a bar clamp or speed clamp, is a type of clamp.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.
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G
G, or g, is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages, and others worldwide.
Gamma
Gamma (uppercase, lowercase; gámma) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Gamma ray
A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.
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Ge (Cyrillic)
Ge, ghe, or he (Г г; italics: Г г) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Geʽez
Geez (or; ግዕዝ, and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language.
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Georgian scripts
The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Letter (alphabet) and Georgian scripts are alphabets.
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Gim (Armenian letter)
Gim, Kim, or K’im (majuscule: Գ; minuscule: գ; Armenian: գիմ) is the third letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiced velar plosive in Eastern Armenian and the aspirated voiceless velar plosive in Western Armenian.
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Gimel
Gimel is the third (in alphabetical order; fifth in spelling order) letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician gīml 𐤂, Hebrew gīmel ג, Aramaic gāmal 𐡂, Syriac gāmal ܓ, and Arabic ǧīm ج.
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Grapheme
In linguistics, a grapheme is the smallest functional unit of a writing system. Letter (alphabet) and grapheme are typography.
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Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. Letter (alphabet) and Greek alphabet are alphabets.
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H
H, or h, is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, including the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
H engine
An H engine is a piston engine comprising two separate flat engines (complete with separate crankshafts), most often geared to a common output shaft.
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Handwriting
Handwriting is the personal and unique style of writing with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil in the hand.
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Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Hangeul in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern writing system for the Korean language. Letter (alphabet) and Hangul are alphabets.
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Hard sign
The letter Ъ ъ (italics Ъ, ъ) of the Cyrillic script is known as er goläm (ер голям – "big er") in the Bulgarian alphabet, as the hard sign (tvördý znak,, tverdyj znak) in the modern Russian and Rusyn alphabets (although in Rusyn, ъ could also be known as ір), as the debelo jer (дебело їер, "fat er") in pre-reform Serbian orthography, and as ayirish belgisi in the Uzbek Cyrillic alphabet.
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HathiTrust
HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries.
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He (letter)
He is the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician hē 𐤄, Hebrew hē ה, Aramaic hē 𐡄, Syriac hē ܗ, and Arabic hāʾ ه.
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Hebrew alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet (אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי), known variously by scholars as the Ktav Ashuri, Jewish script, square script and block script, is traditionally an abjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian. Letter (alphabet) and Hebrew alphabet are alphabets.
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Heth
Heth, sometimes written Chet or Ḥet, is the eighth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ḥēt 𐤇, Hebrew ḥēt ח, Aramaic ḥēṯ 𐡇, Syriac ḥēṯ ܚ, and Arabic ḥāʾ ح.
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HM Prison Maze
HM Prison Maze (previously Long Kesh Detention Centre, and known colloquially as the Maze or H-Blocks) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from August 1971 to September 2000.
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Ho (Armenian letter)
Ho (majuscule: Հ; minuscule: հ; Armenian: հո) is the sixteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless glottal fricative.
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Homoglyph
In orthography and typography, a homoglyph is one of two or more graphemes, characters, or glyphs with shapes that appear identical or very similar but may have differing meaning. Letter (alphabet) and homoglyph are typography.
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I
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
I (Cyrillic)
The Cyrillic I (И и; italics: И и or И и; italics: И и) is a letter used in almost all modern Cyrillic alphabets with the exception of Belarusian.
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Ini (Armenian letter)
Ini (uppercase: Ի, lowercase: ի; Armenian: ինի) is a letter of the Armenian alphabet, used in the Armenian language.
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Iota
Iota (uppercase Ι, lowercase ι) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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J
J, or j, is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
K
K, or k, is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Ka (Cyrillic)
Ka (К к or K k; italics: К к or K k or К к or K k; italics: К к or K k) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Kaph
Kaph (also spelled kaf) is the eleventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician kāp 𐤊, Hebrew kāp̄ כ, Aramaic kāp 𐡊, Syriac kāp̄ ܟ, and Arabic kāf ك (in abjadi order).
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Kappa
Kappa (uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive; κάππα, káppa) is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.
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Kha (Cyrillic)
Kha, Khe, Xe or Ha (Х х; italics: Х х) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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L
L, or l, is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Lambda
Lambda (.
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Lamedh
Lamedh or lamed is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew lāmeḏ ל, Aramaic lāmaḏ 𐡋, Syriac lāmaḏ ܠ, Arabic lām ل, and Phoenician lāmd 𐤋.
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Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Letter (alphabet) and Latin alphabet are typography.
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Letter case
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally majuscule) and smaller lowercase (or more formally minuscule) in the written representation of certain languages. Letter (alphabet) and letter case are alphabets and typography.
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Letterform
A letterform, letter-form or letter form, is a term used especially in typography, palaeography, calligraphy and epigraphy to mean a letter's shape. Letter (alphabet) and letterform are typography.
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Lingua (journal)
Lingua: An International Review of General Linguistics is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering general linguistics that was established in 1949.
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List of letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering
Latin and Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities.
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Loanword
A loanword (also a loan word, loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language (the recipient or target language), through the process of borrowing.
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M
M, or m, is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Meitei script
The Meitei script (ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ|Meitei mayek), also known as the Kanglei script (ꯀꯪꯂꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ|Kanglei mayek) or the Kok Sam Lai script (ꯀꯣꯛ ꯁꯝ ꯂꯥꯏ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ|Kok Sam Lai mayek), after its first three letters is an abugida in the Brahmic scripts family used to write the Meitei language, the official language of Manipur, Assam and one of the 22 official languages of India.
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Mem
Mem (also spelled Meem, Meme, or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew mēm מ, Aramaic mem 𐡌, Syriac mīm ܡ, Arabic mīm م, and Phoenician mēm 𐤌.
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.
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Mu (letter)
Mu (uppercase Μ, lowercase μ; Ancient Greek μῦ, μι or μυ—both) is the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced bilabial nasal.
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Multigraph (orthography)
A multigraph (or pleograph) is a sequence of letters that behaves as a unit and is not the sum of its parts, such as English or French.
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N
N, or n, is the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages, and others worldwide.
Noun
In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas.
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Nu (letter)
Nu (uppercase Ν, lowercase ν; vι ni) is the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar nasal.
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Nun (letter)
Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician nūn 𐤍, Hebrew nūn נ, Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Syriac nūn ܢ, and Arabic nūn ن (in abjadi order).
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O
O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
O (Cyrillic)
O (О о; italics: О о) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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O-ring
An O-ring, also known as a packing or a toric joint, is a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus; it is a loop of elastomer with a round cross-section, designed to be seated in a groove and compressed during assembly between two or more parts, forming a seal at the interface.
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Ogham
Ogham (Modern Irish:; ogum, ogom, later ogam) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries). Letter (alphabet) and ogham are alphabets.
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Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
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Old French
Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th and the mid-14th century.
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Omega
Omega (-->uppercase Ω, lowercase ω; Ancient Greek ὦ, later ὦ μέγα, Modern Greek ωμέγα) is the twenty-fourth and last letter in the Greek alphabet.
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Omicron
Omicron (uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, όμικρον) is the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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P
P, or p, is the sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Pe (Armenian letter)
Pe (majuscule: Պ; minuscule: պ; Armenian: պե) is the twenty-sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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Pe (Cyrillic)
Pe (П п; italics: П п) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Pe (Semitic letter)
Pe is the seventeenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician pē 𐤐, Hebrew pē פ, Aramaic pē 𐡐, Syriac pē ܦ, and Arabic fāʾ ف (in abjadi order).
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Phi
Phi (uppercase Φ, lowercase φ or ϕ; ϕεῖ pheî; Modern Greek: φι fi) is the twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet.
Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia for most of the 1st millennium BC. Letter (alphabet) and Phoenician alphabet are typography.
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Phoneme
In linguistics and specifically phonology, a phoneme is any set of similar phones (speech sounds) that is perceptually regarded by the speakers of a language as a single distinct unit, a single basic sound, which helps distinguish one word from another.
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Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme i.e. one or more written characters which represent a phoneme (speech sound), rather than a bigger linguistic unit such as morphemes or words.
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Pi (letter)
Pi (/ˈpaɪ/; Ancient Greek /piː/ or /peî/, uppercase Π, lowercase π, cursive ϖ; πι) is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, meaning units united, and representing the voiceless bilabial plosive.
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Precomposed character
A precomposed character (alternatively composite character or decomposable character) is a Unicode entity that can also be defined as a sequence of one or more other characters.
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Printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template.
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Psi (Greek)
Psi (uppercase Ψ, lowercase ψ or 𝛙; psi) is the twenty-third and penultimate letter of the Greek alphabet and is associated with a numeric value of 700.
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Pyur (Armenian letter)
Piwr, Pyowr, Pyur, or P'ywr (uppercase: Փ, lowercase: փ) is the 35th letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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Q
Q, or q, is the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Qoph
Qoph is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician qōp 𐤒, Hebrew qūp̄ ק, Aramaic qop 𐡒, Syriac qōp̄ ܩ, and Arabic qāf ق.
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R
R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
R-clip
An R-clip, also known as an R-pin, R-key, hairpin cotter pin, hairpin cotter,.
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Resh
Resh (IPA: /ɹɛʃ/) is the twentieth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician rēš 𐤓, Hebrew rēš ר, Aramaic rēš 𐡓, Syriac rēš ܪ, and Arabic rāʾ ر.
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Rho
Rho (uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or; ρο or label) is the seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
River delta
A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water.
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Roman numerals
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.
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S
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Samekh
Samekh is the fifteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician sāmek 𐤎, Hebrew sāmeḵ ס, Aramaic samek 𐡎, and Syriac semkaṯ ܣ.
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Se (Armenian letter)
Se or Seh (majuscule: Ս, minuscule: ս; Armenian: սե) is the twenty-ninth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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Segment (linguistics)
In linguistics, a segment is "any discrete unit that can be identified, either physically or auditorily, in the stream of speech".
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Semitic people
Semitic people or Semites is an obsolete term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group by: "In linguistics context, the term "Semitic" is generally speaking non-controversial...
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Sha (Cyrillic)
Sha, She or Shu, alternatively transliterated Ša (Ш ш; italics: Ш ш) is a letter of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts.
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Shcha
Shcha (Щ щ; italics: Щ щ), Shta, Scha, Šče or Sha with descender is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Shin (letter)
Shin (also spelled Šin or Sheen) is the twenty-first and penultimate letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician šīn 𐤔, Hebrew šīn ש, Aramaic šīn 𐡔, Syriac šīn ܫ, and Arabic sīn س.
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Short I (Cyrillic)
Short I or Jot (Й й; italics: Й й or Й й; italics: Й й) (sometimes called I kratkoe, и краткое, Ukrainian: йот) or I with breve, Russian: и с бреве) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is made of the Cyrillic letter И with a breve. The short I represents the palatal approximant, like the pronunciation of in hallelujah.
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Sigma
Sigma (uppercase Σ, lowercase σ, lowercase in word-final position ς; σίγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Soft sign
# The soft sign (Ь ь; italics: Ь ь) is a letter in the Cyrillic script that is used in various Slavic languages.
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Syriac alphabet
The Syriac alphabet (ܐܠܦ ܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ) is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century AD.
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T
T, or t, is the twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
T'o (Armenian letter)
T'o or To (majuscule: Թ; minuscule: թ; Armenian: թո; Classical Armenian: թօ) is the ninth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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Tau
Tau (uppercase Τ, lowercase τ or \boldsymbol\tau; ταυ) is the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless dental or alveolar plosive.
Taw
Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician tāw 𐤕, Hebrew tav ת, Aramaic taw 𐡕, Syriac taw ܬ, and Arabic tāʾ ت (22nd in abjadi order, 3rd in modern order).
Te (Cyrillic)
Te (Т т; italics: Т т) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Teth
Teth, also written as or Tet, is the ninth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ṭēt 𐤈, Hebrew ṭēt ט, Aramaic ṭēṯ 𐡈, Syriac ṭēṯ ܛ, and Arabic ṭāʾ ط.
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Theta
Theta (uppercase Θ or; lowercase θ or; θῆτα thē̂ta; Modern: θήτα| thī́ta) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth.
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Thorn (letter)
Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle Scots, and some dialects of Middle English.
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Tifinagh
Tifinagh (Tuareg Berber language:; Neo-Tifinagh:; Berber Latin alphabet: Tifinaɣ) is a script used to write the Berber languages. Letter (alphabet) and Tifinagh are alphabets.
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Trap (plumbing)
In plumbing, a trap is a U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow; most notably sewer gases from entering buildings while allowing waste materials to pass through.
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Tsade
Tsade (also spelled ṣade, ṣādē, ṣaddi,, tzadi, sadhe, tzaddik) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ṣādē 𐤑, Hebrew ṣādī צ, Aramaic ṣāḏē 𐡑, Syriac ṣāḏē ܨ, Ge'ez ṣädäy ጸ, and Arabic ṣād ص.
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Tse (Cyrillic)
Tse (Ц ц; italics: Ц ц or Ц ц; italics: Ц ц), also known as Ce, is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Tyun (Armenian letter)
Tyun, Tyown, or Tiwn (majuscule: Տ; minuscule: տ; տյուն) is the thirty-first letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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U
U, or u, is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
U (Cyrillic)
U (У у; italics: У у) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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U engine
A U engine is a piston engine made up of two separate straight engines (complete with separate crankshafts) placed side-by-side and coupled to a shared output shaft.
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Upsilon
Upsilon (uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; ύψιλον ýpsilon) or ypsilon is the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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V
V, or v, is the twenty-second letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
V engine
A V engine, sometimes called a Vee engine, is a common configuration for internal combustion engines.
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Ve (Cyrillic)
Ve (В в; italics: В в) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Vo (Armenian letter)
Vo (majuscule: Ո; minuscule: ո; Armenian: վո, վօ) is the twenty-fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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Vowel
A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.
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W
W, or w, is the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
W engine
A W engine is a type of piston engine where three or four cylinder banks use the same crankshaft, resembling the letter W when viewed from the front.
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Waw (letter)
Waw ("hook") is the sixth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician wāw 𐤅, Aramaic waw 𐡅, Hebrew vav ו, Syriac waw ܘ and Arabic wāw و (sixth in abjadi order; 27th in modern Arabic order).
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Writing system
A writing system comprises a particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. Letter (alphabet) and writing system are typography.
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Wynn
Wynn or wyn (Ƿ ƿ; also spelled wen, win, ƿynn, ƿen, and ƿin) is a letter of the Old English alphabet, where it is used to represent the sound.
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X
X, or x, is the twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
X engine
An X engine is a piston engine with four banks of cylinders around a common crankshaft, such that the cylinders form an "X" shape when viewed front-on.
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X-ray
X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.
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Xi (letter)
Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ; ξι) is the fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless consonant cluster.
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Y
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Ya (Cyrillic)
Ya, Ia or Ja (Я я; italics: Я я) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, the civil script variant of Old Cyrillic Little Yus, and possibly Iotated A.
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Ye (Cyrillic)
E (Е е; italics: Е е), known in Russian and Belarusian as Ye, Je, or Ie, is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Yech (Armenian letter)
Yech (majuscule: Ե; minuscule: ե; Armenian: եչ) is the fifth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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Yery
Yeru or Eru (Ы ы; italics: Ы ы), usually called Y in modern Russian or Yery or Ery historically and in modern Church Slavonic, is a letter in the Cyrillic script.
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Yo (Cyrillic)
Yo, Jo or Io (Ё ё; italics: Ё ё) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Yodh
Yodh (also spelled jodh, yod, or jod) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician yōd 𐤉, Hebrew yud י, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Syriac yōḏ ܝ, and Arabic yāʾ ي.
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Yu (Cyrillic)
Yu or Ju (Ю ю; italics: Ю ю) is a letter of the Cyrillic script used in East Slavic and Bulgarian alphabets.
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Z
Z, or z, is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet.
Z-drive
A Z-drive is a type of marine propulsion unit.
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Za (Armenian letter)
Za (majuscule: Զ; minuscule: զ; Armenian: զա) is the sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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Zayin
Zayin (also spelled zain or zayn or simply zay) is the seventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician zayn 𐤆, Hebrew zayīn ז, Aramaic zain 𐡆, Syriac zayn ܙ, and Arabic zāy ز.
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Ze (Cyrillic)
Ze (З з; italics: З з) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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Zeta
Zeta (uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; ζῆτα, label, classical or zē̂ta; zíta) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Zhe (Cyrillic)
Zhe, Zha, or Zhu, sometimes transliterated as Že (Ж ж; italics: Ж ж) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(alphabet)
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