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U

Pronunciation: /ʉː/

“U” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v.
  2. The written representation of the Norwegian vowel sounds /ʉː/, /ʉ/ and /ʊ/.
  3. A figure, shape, formation, object, or mark resembling the uppercase letter U.

Etymology

The uppercase form of u. From Latin V, as a later rounded graphic variant of the same letter, from an Old Italic form of Ancient Greek Υ (U, “upsilon”), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤅 (w, “waw; hook”), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓌉 representing a mace. In Latin, ⟨V⟩ originally represented both the vowel /u/ and the consonant /w/; the distinct letterforms ⟨U⟩ and ⟨V⟩…

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