‟ ”

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U+201F, ‟
DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK

[U+201E]
General Punctuation
[U+2020]

U+201D, ”
RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK

[U+201C]
General Punctuation
[U+201E]

Greek

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Punctuation mark

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  1. (dated) Encloses an embedded (inner) quotation, within « » for the outer quotation.

Usage notes

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This convention, which appears to be unique to Greek, has been largely replaced with “ ” under the influence of other languages.[1]

Single quotation marks are not used in Greek, due to the visual clash (and likely confusion) with the similar-looking diacritics for rough breathing.

See also

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