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  2. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and Romeo R

  3. List of Latin-script letters - Wikipedia

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    The reference does not cite this letter and diacritic combination. [citation needed] ʏ 𐞲 Small capital Y IPA /ʏ/ Superscript form is an IPA superscript letter [7] ꭚ Y with short right leg Teuthonista [4] Swedish Dialect Alphabet: ʎ 𐞠 Turned y IPA /ʎ/ Maltese (before 1946); Superscript form is an IPA superscript letter [7 ...

  4. English alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The letters A, E, I, O, and U are considered vowel letters, since (except when silent) they represent vowels, although I and U represent consonants in words such as "onion" and "quail" respectively. The letter Y sometimes represents a consonant (as in "young") and sometimes a vowel (as in "myth").

  5. List of Latin-script digraphs - Wikipedia

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    When it appears between two syllables, it represents /ɡn/ (e.g. signal). In Norwegian and Swedish, gn represents /ŋn/ in monosyllabic words like agn, and between two syllables, tegne. Initially, it represents /ɡn/, e.g. Swedish gnista /ˈɡnɪsta/. gñ was used in several Spanish-derived orthographies of the Pacific for /ŋ/.

  6. International Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Letters turned 180 degrees for suggestive shapes, such as ɐ ɔ ə ɟ ɥ ɯ ɹ ʌ ʍ ʎ from a c e f h m r v w y . [note 8] Either the original letter may be reminiscent of the target sound, e.g., ɐ ə ɹ ʍ – or the turned one, e.g., ɔ ɟ ɥ ɯ ʌ ʎ .

  7. Alphabetical order - Wikipedia

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    Flags of certain countries at the Élysée Palace in Paris for a peace conference regarding Libya, 2011. The national flags (other than that of the host, France) are arranged in French alphabetical order: Allemagne, Belgique, Canada, Danemark, Émirats Arabes Unis, Espagne, États-Unis, Grèce, Irak, Italie, Jordanie, Maroc, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Qatar, Royaume-Uni.

  8. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    In the tables, the hyphen has two different meanings. A hyphen after the letter indicates that it must be at the beginning of a syllable, e.g., j - in jumper and ajar. A hyphen before the letter indicates that it cannot be at the beginning of a word, e.g., - ck in sick and ticket.

  9. Portuguese orthography - Wikipedia

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    h : this letter is silent; it appears for etymology at the start of a word, in a few interjections, and as part of the digraphs ch , lh , nh . Latin or Greek ch , ph , rh , th , and y are usually converted into c/qu , f , r , t , and i , respectively.