Ū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "U"

Translingual

Letter

Ū (lower case ū)

1. The letter U with a macron.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter U):  Úú  Ùù  Ŭŭ  Ûû  Ǔǔ  Ůů  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǜǜ  Ǚǚ  Ǖǖ  Űű  Ũũ  Ṹṹ  Ųų  Ūū  Ṻṻ  Ủủ  Ȕȕ  Ȗȗ  Ưư  Ứứ  Ừừ  Ữữ  Ửử  Ựự  Ụụ  Ṳṳ  Ṷṷ  Ṵṵ  Ʉʉ  ᵾ  ᶙ  ᴜ  Ｕｕ  Ꜷꜷ  Ȣȣ  ᵫ
• (Letters using macron sign or underline sign):  Āā  Ǟǟ  Ḇḇ  C̄c̄  Ḏḏ  Ēē  Ḕḕ  Ḗḗ  Ḡḡ  ẖ  Īī  Ḹḹ  Ḻḻ  Ṉṉ  Ōō  Ȫȫ  Ṑṑ  Ṓṓ  Ṝṝ  Ṟṟ  Ṯṯ  Ūū  Ǘǘ  Ǖǖ  Ṻṻ  Ȳȳ  Ẕẕ  Ǣǣ

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uː]

Letter

Ū

Ū (upper case, lower case ū)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais u and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž