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