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First letter of the Latin alphabet
A is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is a, plural aes. Wikipedia →
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📖 Definitions
Letter The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Letter Transliterates the Cyrillic letter а.
Letter See ª.
Symbol an open front or central unrounded vowel.
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📚 Books worth reading
ὈδύσσειαὍμηρος · 1488
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames Joyce, James Joyce · 1818
Also sprach ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883
Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · 1558
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and UnabridgedEdward Gibbon · 1776
ΠρωταγόραςPlato · 1828
PhysicsAristotle · 1472
De bello judaicoFlavius Josephus · 1481
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