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TheLatin alphabet
AaBbCcDd
EeFfGgHhIiJj
KkLlMmNnOoPp
QqRrSsTtUuVv
WwXxYyZz

Z is the twenty-sixth (number 26) and lastletter in theEnglishalphabet. The small letter,z orᴣ, is used as a lowercaseconsonant. Z is not used much. It is the most rarely used letter in the English language. The same letter of theGreek alphabet is namedzeta.

Pronunciation

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InBritish English, the letteris said likezed/ˈzɛd/. This comes from theGreekzeta.

InAmerican English, Z is pronounced "zee"/ˈziː/, because it comes from a late 17th century English speech.[1]

Where it came from

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Phoenician
zayin		Etruscan
Z		Greek
zeta

The name of theSemitic symbol waszayin and was the seventh letter. It might have meant "weapon". It could have helped form English and French'sz.

The Greek form of Z was a close copy of thePhoenician symbolI. It stayed like this for a long time. The Greeks called it zeta, a new name made from the Greek letterseta (η) andtheta (θ).

InEtruscan,Z may have been/ts/.

In Old Latin,/z/ (writtens) became/r/ and the symbol for/z/ became useless. It was taken away from the alphabet byAppius Claudius Caecus, and a new letter,G, was put in.

In the 1st century BC,Z was put in the alphabet again at the end of the Latin alphabet. This was done to accurately represent the sound of the Greek zeta. The letterZ appeared only in Greek words, and is the only letter besidesY that the Romans took from Greek.

Meanings for Z

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References

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  1. ↑One early use of "zee":Lye, Thomas (1969) [2nd ed., London, 1677].A new spelling book, 1677. Menston, (Yorks.) Scolar P. p. 24.Zee Za-cha-ry, Zion, zeal
  2. ↑"Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia?".The Guardian. 2022-03-07. Retrieved2022-03-07.
  3. ↑"Ivan Kuliak: Why has 'Z' become a Russian pro-war symbol?".BBC News. 2022-03-07. Retrieved2022-03-07.
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