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The exact spelling of the state's name in the Hawaiian language is Hawaiʻi. [ f ] In the Hawaii Admission Act that granted Hawaiian statehood, the federal government used Hawaii as the state name.
The number of letters in the Latin alphabet has varied. When it was first derived from the Etruscan alphabet, it contained only 21 letters. [76] Later, G was added to represent /ɡ/, which had previously been spelled C, and Z ceased to be included in the alphabet, as the language then had no voiced alveolar fricative. [77]
In 2022, Alphabet was the company with the second-highest expenditure on research and development worldwide, with R&D expenditure amounting to US$39.5 billion. [68] In 2023, Alphabet was ranked 7th in the Global 2000 (World's Largest Public Companies). [69] On 26 April 2024, Alphabet surpassed a market valuation of $2 trillion for the first time.
K-pop (/ k eɪ p ɒ p /, Korean: 케이팝; RR: Keipap), short for Korean popular music, [1] is a form of popular music originating in South Korea. [2] It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, rock, jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, disco, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots. [3]
In 1928, the Korean Language Society inaugurated Hangul Day (9 October), which was meant to celebrate the Korean alphabet in the face of accelerating Japanization of Korean culture. [205] Koreans were obliged to take Japanese names by 1932. [154]: 24 In 1933, the foundation of modern South and North Korean spelling was completed.