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Fifteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
O is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel 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 o, plural oes. Wikipedia →
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📖 Definitions
Letter The fifteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Symbol a close-mid back rounded vowel.
Symbol [o]-coloring (such as [o]-like labialization of a consonant) or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [o].
Symbol marks a labialized consonant.
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📚 Books worth reading
Gone With the WindMargaret Mitchell · 1936
Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oidípous Týrannos)Sophocles · 1715
The Psalms of DavidIsaac Watts · 1741
The Seven Storey MountainThomas Merton · 1948
The Twins at St. Clare'sEnid Blyton · 1942
Attack of the Jack-o'-lanternsRobert Lawrence Stine · 1996
The Treasury of DavidCharles Haddon Spurgeon · 1881
ScarlettAlexandra Ripley · 1991
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