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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter Q. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
The most familiar of these are the countries of Iraq and Qatar, along with the derived words Iraqi and Qatari. Iqaluit, the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, also has a Q that is not directly followed by a U. Qaqortoq, [2] in Greenland, is notable for having three such Qs.
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While such words are technically outside the scope of the list as defined by its title, they are usually terms borrowed from languages (in these cases Chinese and Arabic) where the Q is an ordinary consonant that may or may not be followed by U, like almost all the words currently in the list are. --Theurgist 23:38, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
I'm doing my best to get a copy of M-W, but living in England, it's not easy. If any Americans reading fancy popping down to a library then I'd be most grateful. Soo 21:10, 1 January 2006 (UTC) Okay, I moved all the ones from M-W unabridged onto the main article. I figure M-W's own website is as up-to-date as any paper copy of their dictionary.