W

W
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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and logographic
Sound values	[w]; [v]; [β]; [u]; [uː]; [ʊ]; [ɔ]; [ʋ]; [ʕʷ]; [ʙ]; [◌ʷ]; [ɣ]; [f];
In Unicode	U+0057, U+0077
Alphabetical position	23
History
Development	Υ υ 𐌖 Y V W w; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	~600 to present
Descendants	• ʍ; • ɯ ɰ; • ₩;
Sisters	F; U; Ѵ; У; Ў; Ұ; Ү; ו; و; ܘ; וּ; וֹ; ࠅ; 𐎆; 𐡅; ወ; વ; ૂ ુ; उ;
Other
Associated graphs	w(x)
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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W, or w, is the twenty-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 double-u,^{[in 1]} plural double-ues.^[1]^[2]

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^ "W", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); 'W", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993) Merriam Webster
^ Brown & Kiddle (1870) The institutes of grammar, p. 19.
Double-ues is the plural of the name of the letter; the plural of the letter itself is written W's, Ws, w's, or ws.

[2] "W", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); 'W", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993) Merriam Webster

[3] Brown & Kiddle (1870) The institutes of grammar, p. 19.
Double-ues is the plural of the name of the letter; the plural of the letter itself is written W's, Ws, w's, or ws.

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