Υ
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See also: υ, ύ, Ύ, Appendix:Variations of "u", Appendix:Variations of "v", and Appendix:Variations of "y"
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Translingual
Symbol
Υ
See also
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “wāw”).
Letter
Υ • (U) (uppercase, lowercase Υ)
- The letter now called upsilon (ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón)), the 20th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.
Derived terms
See also
- (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
- (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
- (punctuation) · ;
- (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
Greek
Letter
Υ • (Y) (uppercase, lowercase υ)
- The upper case letter upsilon (ύψιλον), the 20th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.