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Definition :

the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet has but one sound that of k and is always followed by u the two letters together being sounded like kw except in some words in which the u is silent See Guide to Pronunciation sect 249 Q is not found in Anglo Saxon cw being used instead of qu as in cwic quick cwen queen The name kumacr is from the French ku which is from the Latin name of the same letter its form is from the Latin which derived it through a Greek alphabet from the Phoelignician the ultimate origin being Egyptian