Ō

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Ō U+014C, Ō
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH MACRON
Composition:O [U+004F] + ◌̄ [U+0304]
ŋ
Latin Extended-A ō

Japanese

Romanization

Ō

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おお
  2. Rōmaji transcription of おう

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and Ō for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

Ō (upper case, lower case ō)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /øː/, /œ/

Letter

Ō (upper case, lower case ō)

  1. (in handwriting) Alternative form of Ö

See also