Α
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| Unicode name | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA |
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| Greek and Coptic | U+0391 |
See also Appendix:Variations of "a"
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[edit] Ancient Greek
[edit] Letter
Α (upper case, lower case α)
- The letter ἄλφα (álfa), “‘alpha’”), the first letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.
[edit] Usage notes
The letter represented the open front unrounded vowel: IPA: /a/ or /aː/, SAMPA: /A/ or /A:/. Today, this letter is often represented by lower case α (a), although Ancient Greek did not distinguish between upper and lower case.
[edit] Derived terms
- (Modern Greek letters) Α (A, “‘Alpha’”), α (a, “‘alpha’”)
- (Latin (Roman) letters) a, A
- (Cyrillic letters) а (a), А (A)
- (Coptic) ⲁ, Ⲁ
[edit] See also
[edit] Greek
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
The Ancient Greek letter Α (A), “‘alpha’”) derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʼ), “‘aleph’”).
[edit] Letter
Α (A) (upper case, lower case α)
[edit] Usage notes
In modern Greek, Α (A) represents the open front unrounded vowel sound (IPA: /a/), similar to the a in father.
[edit] See also
[edit] Numeral
Α (Greek numeral)
- The number one (1).
[edit] See also
- Greek numeral
- ͵Α (1000)
[edit] Initialism
Α
- ανατολή, East (noun)
- ανατολικός east, eastern (adjective)
