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Third letter of the Latin alphabet
C is the third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is cee, plural cees. Wikipedia →
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📖 Definitions
Letter The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Symbol voiceless palatal plosive.
Symbol the IPA affricate [t͜s].
Symbol [c]-onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), [c]-release, [c]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [c].
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📚 Books worth reading
Antony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare · 1734
CarmillaSheridan Le Fanu · 1871
Ab urbe conditaTitus Livius · 1481
CleopatraH. Rider Haggard · 1881
ἹστορίαιἩρόδοτος · 1494
ἈνάβασιςXenophon · 1623
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and UnabridgedEdward Gibbon · 1776
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · 1936
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