R
Meaning
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The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑː/
Etymology
From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.
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