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'''Z''' ([[Letter case|minuscule]]: '''z''') is the twenty-sixth and last [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]] |
'''Z''' ([[Letter case|minuscule]]: '''z''') is the twenty-sixth and last [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]]. It is used in the [[English alphabet|modern English alphabet]], in the alphabets of other Western European languages, and in others worldwide. Its usual names in English are [[English alphabet#Letter names|''zed'']] ({{IPAc-en|'|z|ɛ|d}}), which is most commonly used in British English, and [[English alphabet#Letter names|''zee'']] ({{IPAc-en|'|z|iː|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Z.wav}}), most commonly used in American English,Canada and some Caribbean countries use ''zee'' along with ''zed'', with the latter being preferred in written English. with an occasional archaic variant ''izzard'' ({{IPAc-en|'|ɪ|z|ər|d}})."Z", ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); ''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "zee", ''op. cit''. |
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