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Austroasiatic language spoken in Yunnan, China
The U language, or P'uman (Chinese: 濮满), is spoken by 40,000 people in the Yunnan Province of China and possibly Myanmar. It is classified as an Austroasiatic
U_language
Twenty-first letter of the Latin alphabet
⟨Ǜ ǜ⟩ ⟨Ǘ ǘ⟩ ⟨Ǚ ǚ⟩ ⟨Ǖ ǖ⟩ ⟨Ṳ ṳ⟩ ⟨Ú ú⟩ ⟨Ù ù⟩ ⟨Û û Ṷ ṷ⟩ ⟨Ǔ ǔ⟩ ⟨Ȗ ȗ⟩ ⟨Ű ű⟩ ⟨Ŭ ŭ⟩ ⟨Ư ư⟩ ⟨Ứ ứ⟩ ⟨Ừ ừ⟩ ⟨Ử ử⟩ ⟨Ự ự⟩ ⟨Ữ Ữ⟩ ⟨Ủ ủ⟩ ⟨Ū ū⟩ ⟨Ū̀ ū̀⟩ ⟨Ū́ ū́⟩ ⟨Ṻ ṻ⟩ ⟨Ū̃ ū̃⟩
U
Endangered Tuu language of South Africa
Nǁng ([ᵑǁŋ]) or Nǁŋǃke is an almost extinct Tuu language spoken in South Africa. It is commonly known by the ambiguous name of its only spoken dialect[citation
Nǁng_language
Tibetic language
Central Tibetan language, also known as Ü-Tsang dialect, Dbus Tibetan, or Ü Tibetan, is the most widely spoken Tibetic language and the basis of Standard
Central_Tibetan
Cyrillic letter
vowel. In certain languages, U is used to mark labialization. Υ υ : Greek letter Upsilon U u : Latin letter U Ú ú : Latin letter Ú Y y : Latin letter
U_(Cyrillic)
Latin letter U with umlaut/diaeresis
alphabets, such as those of a number of Romance languages, it denotes the letter U with a diaeresis mark, used on a U that follows another vowel to indicate the
Ü
International football competition
2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup was the 21st edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Championship and AFC U-16 Championship)
2026_AFC_U-17_Asian_Cup
Twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet
other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is double-u, plural double-ues. The name "double-u" reflects stages in the
W
Fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other Western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is dee (pronounced /ˈdiː/ )
D
Fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
Naira U+004E N LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N U+006E n LATIN SMALL LETTER N U+FF2E N FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N U+FF4E n FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER N U+0418
N
Sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
scribal abbreviations U+0050 P LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P U+0070 p LATIN SMALL LETTER P U+FF30 P FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P U+FF50 p FULLWIDTH LATIN
P
Latin letter U with horn
Vietnamese is a tonal language this letter may optionally have any one of the five tonal symbols above or below it. Ừ ừ Ứ ứ Ử ử Ữ ữ Ự ự Ơ and Ư were in the past
Ư
West Germanic language spoken in South Africa
verlos ons van die bose Want aan U behoort die koninkryk en die krag en die heerlikheid tot in ewigheid. Amen Language portal South Africa portal Netherlands
Afrikaans
Direct descendants of Vulgar Latin
transcription delimiters. The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages or Latinic languages, are the languages that directly descended from
Romance_languages
Topics referred to by the same term
the letters ⟨U⟩ and ⟨u⟩ are given formally as U+0055 U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U and U+0075 u LATIN SMALL LETTER U. U, abbreviation for uracil U, mitochondrial
U_(disambiguation)
Structured system of communication
Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both
Language
Branch of the Indo-European language family
family's proto-language. The following innovations are common to the Northwest Germanic languages (all but Gothic): The lowering of /u/ to /o/ in initial
Germanic_languages
Twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet
All these variants of the letter are encoded in Unicode as U+004C L LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L or U+006C l LATIN SMALL LETTER L, allowing presentation to be
L
Different names for European cities in neighbouring languages
different European and sometimes non-European languages. In some countries where there are two or more languages spoken, such as Belgium or Switzerland, dual
Names of European cities in different languages (U–Z)
Names_of_European_cities_in_different_languages_(U–Z)
Twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet
symbols related to T: U+1D1B ᴛ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL T U+1D40 ᵀ MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL T U+1D57 ᵗ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL T U+1E97 ẗ LATIN SMALL LETTER
T
West Germanic language
Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The language is named
English_language
Thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
related to M: U+1D0D ᴍ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL M U+1D1F ᴟ LATIN SMALL LETTER SIDEWAYS TURNED M U+1D39 ᴹ MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL M U+1D50 ᵐ MODIFIER
M
Tenth letter of the Latin alphabet
the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other Western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is jay (pronounced /ˈdʒeɪ/
J
North Germanic language
un-umlauted */u/ is still present elsewhere in the paradigm. Germanic a-mutation An Introduction to Old Norse – A common textbook on the language List of English
Old_Norse
Latin letter U with breve
not be confused with u-caron, which is used to indicate u in the third tone of Chinese language pinyin; compare Ǔ ǔ (caron) with Ŭ ŭ (breve). It resembles
Ŭ
Fifteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
O: U+1D0F ᴏ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL O U+1D3C ᴼ MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL O U+1D52 ᵒ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL O U+1D11 ᴑ LATIN SMALL LETTER SIDEWAYS O U+1D13
O
Central Semitic language
Arabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization
Arabic
East Slavic language
Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is
Russian_language
Indo-European language of the Italic branch
(lingua Latina or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins
Latin
General-purpose programming language
C is a general-purpose programming language created in the 1970s by Dennis Ritchie. By design, C gives the programmer relatively direct access to the features
C_(programming_language)
Code to identify human languages
Hong Kong; and gsw-u-sd-chzh for Zürich German. It is used by computing standards such as HTTP, HTML, XML and PNG. IETF language tags were first defined
IETF_language_tag
Language family native to Eurasia
traceable to a common proto-language, such as the uniform development of a high vowel (*u in the case of Germanic, *i/u in the case of Baltic and Slavic)
Indo-European_languages
Group of avant-garde American poets
The Language poets (or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets, after the magazine of that name) are an avant-garde group or tendency in United States poetry that emerged
Language_poets
Second letter of the Latin alphabet
It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to represent other bilabial consonants
B
language in the United States is English (specifically American English), which is the national language and de facto official language. While the U.S
Languages of the United States
Languages_of_the_United_States
Letter of the Cyrillic script
Cyrillic 'А' Problems playing this file? See media help. U+0410 А CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A U+0430 а CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A Cyrillic characters in Unicode
A_(Cyrillic)
Romance language
written form animax. As the French language further evolved, the pronunciation of au turned into /o/ so that the u was reestablished in orthography for
French_language
Eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet
the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is kay (pronounced /ˈkeɪ/ )
K
Romance language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the
Spanish_language
2016 Indian film
U Turn is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language supernatural thriller film written, produced and directed by Pawan Kumar. It stars Shraddha Srinath in the lead
U_Turn_(2016_film)
Western Iranian language
Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly
Persian_language
Letter of the Cyrillic script
yesterday. Depending on the romanization system in use and the Slavic language that is under examination, it can be romanized as ⟨y⟩, ⟨j⟩, ⟨i⟩ or ⟨ĭ⟩
Short_I_(Cyrillic)
Diacritical mark (◌̄)
P̱ p̱ Q̄ q̄ R̄ r̄ Ṟ ṟ Ṝ ṝ S̄ s̄ S̱ s̱ T̄ t̄ Ṯ ṯ Ū ū Ū́ ū́ Ū̀ ū̀ Ū̂ ū̂ Ū̃ ū̃ U̇̄ u̇̄ Ǖ ǖ Ṻ ṻ Ṳ̄ ṳ̄ U̱ u̱ V̄ v̄ W̄ w̄ X̄ x̄ X̱ x̱ Ȳ ȳ Ȳ́ ȳ́ Ȳ̀ ȳ̀ Ȳ̃ ȳ̃ Y̱ y̱
Macron_(diacritic)
does include domain-specific languages such as SQL and its dialects. Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also A.NET (A#/A
List_of_programming_languages
Vowel sound represented by ⟨u⟩ in IPA
used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨u⟩. In most languages, this rounded vowel
Close_back_rounded_vowel
Letter of the Cyrillic script
mutates to the letter Short U (Ў ў), a Belarusian letter representing the sound /w/. E.g., the Belarusian noun "language" is мова (mova), but the adjectival
Ve_(Cyrillic)
Topics referred to by the same term
Union, a society in the Caribbean U language (ISO 639 language code uuu), a language found in Yunnan and Myanmar UuU, the page that had the first recorded
UUU
Cyrillic letter used for /y/ in Chuvash
in the Chuvash language, where it represents the close front rounded vowel /y/, the pronunciation of the Latin letter U with umlaut (Ü ü) in German. It
U with double acute (Cyrillic)
U_with_double_acute_(Cyrillic)
Fifth letter of the Latin alphabet
epsilon / open e: U+1D07 ᴇ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL E U+1D08 ᴈ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED OPEN E U+1D31 ᴱ MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL E U+1D32 ᴲ MODIFIER LETTER
E
Latin letter U with grave accent
constructed language Uropi to represent a close back rounded vowel. Look up Ù in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. U+00D9 Ù LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE U+00F9
Ù
Language spoken in Indonesia
url-status (link) Kratz, U. (2006). "Indonesia * : Language Situation". Indonesia: language situation. Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (Second ed
Indonesian_language
Romance language
italiana, pronounced [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. It is a standardised form of literary Florentine
Italian_language
American reconnaissance aircraft
The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed the "Dragon Lady", is an American single-engine, high–altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force
Lockheed_U-2
Northwest Semitic language
Hebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the
Hebrew_language
Ninth letter of the Latin alphabet
U+0049 I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I U+0069 i LATIN SMALL LETTER I U+0130 İ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE U+0131 ı LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I U+2139
I
Latin letter N with tilde above
April 2021 celebrated ⟨ñ⟩ as part of UN Spanish Language Day. U+00D1 Ñ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE U+00F1 ñ LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE ⟨ñ⟩ has
Ñ
Latin letter U with acute accent
Ú (minuscule: ú), known as U-acute, is a Latin-script character composed of the letter U and an acute accent. It is found in the Czech, Dobrujan Tatar
Ú
Subdivision of the Uralic languages
The Ugric or Ugrian languages (/ˈjuːɡrɪk, ˈuː-/ or /ˈjuːɡriən, ˈuː-/) are a branch of the Uralic language family. Ugric includes three subgroups: Hungarian
Ugric_languages
Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters
umlaut and diaeresis (ü or ï – the same symbol is used for two different purposes), and cedilla (ç). Diacritics used for tonal languages may be replaced with
English_alphabet
Dravidian language
Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Telugu is a classical language with
Telugu_language
Celtic language indigenous to the island of Ireland
Celtic language within the Indo-European language family native to the Irish people and indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the first language of
Irish_language
Sixth letter of the Latin alphabet
is pronounced as [ɸ] before /u/. In Welsh orthography, ⟨f⟩ represents /v/ while ⟨ff⟩ represents /f/. In Slavic languages, ⟨f⟩ is used primarily in words
F
Writing system
U+0400–U+04FF Cyrillic Supplement: U+0500–U+052F Cyrillic Extended-A: U+2DE0–U+2DFF Cyrillic Extended-B: U+A640–U+A69F Cyrillic Extended-C: U+1C80–U+1C8F
Cyrillic_script
Seventh letter of the Latin alphabet
the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other Western European languages, and others worldwide. Its name in English is gee (pronounced /ˈdʒiː/
G
Type of machine learning model
A large language model (LLM) is a neural network trained on a vast amount of text for natural language processing tasks, especially language generation
Large_language_model
Twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ex (pronounced /ˈɛks/ ),
X
Languages of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages
Languages_of_India
West Germanic language
language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and official (or co-official) language
German_language
Extinct Australian Aboriginal language
occur as lightly aspirated, in word-final position, after vowels /e, o, u/. "Language « Kungarakan Culture & Education Association". kungarakan.org.au. Retrieved
Kungarakany_language
Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
Philippine languages with its treatment of the Proto-Philippine schwa vowel *ə. In most Bikol and Visayan languages, this sound merged with /u/ and [o]
Tagalog_language
West Germanic language spoken by Ashkenazis
October 18, 2009. Language by State: Yiddish Archived September 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, MLA Language Map Data Center, based on U.S. Census data
Yiddish
West Germanic language
Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is
Dutch_language
Letter of the Cyrillic script
Short U (Ў ў; italics: Ў ў) or U with breve is a letter of the Cyrillic script. The only Slavic language using the letter in its orthography is Belarusian
Short_U_(Cyrillic)
Japonic language
Japanese (日本語, Nihongo; [ɲihoŋɡo] ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers
Japanese_language
Ancestor of the Indo-European languages
from documented Indo-European languages. Far more work has gone into reconstructing PIE than any other proto-language. The majority of linguistic work
Proto-Indo-European_language
Language of the Basque people
Lawrence and Strait of Belle Isle. The Basque language features five vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/ and /u/ (the same that are found in Spanish, Asturian
Basque_language
Romance language
Portuguese (endonym: português) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, written in the Latin script. With approximately 267
Portuguese_language
Relational database programming language
Structured Query Language (SQL) (pronounced /ˌɛsˌkjuˈɛl/ S-Q-L; or alternatively as /ˈsiːkwəl/ "sequel") is a domain-specific language used to manage data
SQL
Language spoken in Korea
Korean is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea.
Korean_language
Indo-European language native to the Indian subcontinent
U+0000 – U+007F Latin-1 Supplement: U+0080 – U+00FF Latin Extended-A: U+0100 – U+017F Latin Extended-B: U+0180 – U+024F Latin Extended Additional: U+1E00
Pali
Branch of the Romance language group
occitanoromàniques; Occitan: leng(u)as occitanoromanicas; Aragonese: luengas occitanoromanicas) is a branch of the Romance language group that encompasses, in
Occitano-Romance_languages
West Germanic language
Scots is a language variety of West Germanic origin. It is an Anglic language and descended from Early Middle English; therefore, Modern Scots is a sister
Scots_language
Dravidian language
language has a distinct grammatical structure, with agglutinative morphology that allows for complex word formations. Tamil is the official language of
Tamil_language
Youth association football competition
The U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, is an annual youth association football
U-17_Africa_Cup_of_Nations
Celtic language
[ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic branch of
Scottish_Gaelic
International auxiliary language
language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 as "the International Language" (la Lingvo Internacia), it is intended to be a universal second language for
Esperanto
Turkic language
underlyingly /k/. The vowels of the Turkish language are, in their alphabetical order, ⟨a⟩, ⟨e⟩, ⟨ı⟩, ⟨i⟩, ⟨o⟩, ⟨ö⟩, ⟨u⟩, ⟨ü⟩. The Turkish vowel system can be considered
Turkish_language
Film certification body of India
frightening scenes, blood flow, or muted abusive language. Sometimes such films are re-certified with V/U for video viewing. The age threshold was previously
Central Board of Film Certification
Central_Board_of_Film_Certification
Brittonic language
Welsh (Cymraeg [kəmˈraːiɡ] or y Gymraeg [ə ɡəmˈraːiɡ]) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken
Welsh_language
Official language of the country of Georgia
language. It is the official language of Georgia and the native or primary language of 88% of its population. It also serves as the literary language
Georgian_language
Indo-Aryan language
endonym Bangla, is a classical Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the
Bengali_language
Processing of natural language by a computer
Natural language processing (NLP) is the processing of natural language information by a computer. NLP is a subfield of computer science and is closely
Natural_language_processing
Latin letter K with caron
the Laz language and in the Skolt Saami language, where it represents [kʼ] and [c͡ç] respectively. The Unicode codepoints for this letter are U+01E8 ("Ǩ")
Ǩ
Punctuation and accent mark (~, ◌̃)
Ẽ ẽ Ễ ễ Ḛ ḛ ᵮ Ĩ ĩ Ḭ ḭ ɫ ᵯ Ñ ñ ᵰ Õ õ Ỗ ỗ Ỡ ỡ Ṍ ṍ Ṏ ṏ Ȭ ȭ ᵱ ᵳ ᵲ ꭨ ᵴ ᵵ Ũ ũ Ữ ữ Ṹ ṹ Ṵ ṵ Ṽ ṽ Ỹ ỹ ᵶ A tilde diacritic can be added to almost any character by
Tilde
Semitic language spoken mostly in Malta
from the three in Classical Arabic (/a i u/) into five, as is more typical of many European languages (/a ɛ i o u/). Some unstressed short vowels have been
Maltese_language
Tuu language of southwestern Botswana and eastern Namibia
(also known as Western ǂHoan, to distinguish from Eastern ǂHoan), is a Tuu language notable for its large number of phonemes, perhaps the largest in the world
Taa_language
Bantu language
Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a Bantu language of the Niger–Congo language family, originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily
Swahili
Indo-European language
Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group. It is the native language of the
Albanian_language
Standard variety of Serbo-Croatian
"Hrvatski nastavni jezik u Gradišću u školsko-političkome kontekstu" [Croatian as the Language of Instruction and Language Policy in Burgenland from
Croatian_language
Standardized literary variety of Arabic
is the language used in literature, academia, print, mass media, and law and legislation, though it is generally not spoken as a first language, similar
Modern_Standard_Arabic
U LANGUAGE
U LANGUAGE
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of the officer Mert-u.
Male
Egyptian
, a son of Rameses II.
Female
Egyptian
, The Good Sebek.
Male
Egyptian
, the father of the lady Set-ap.
Female
Egyptian
, The Good Pthah.
Girl/Female
Muslim
One who guides u
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
U ndrestanding clever, wise
Girl/Female
Tamil
Krishna Priya | கரஷà¯à®£ பà¯à®°à®¿à®¯Â
By birth u r so talented and intelligent what ever u think about u will be succeeded
Krishna Priya | கரஷà¯à®£ பà¯à®°à®¿à®¯Â
Female
Egyptian
, the daughter of Nunnu.
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of Atef-neb-ma.
Female
Egyptian
, Most Beautiful Sun.
Male
Egyptian
, an Egyptian officer.
Male
Egyptian
, the mother of Merri.
Male
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name Há»®U means "very much." Often used as a middle name to amplify the given name.
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of Osirtesen.
Girl/Female
Indian
One who guides u
Female
Egyptian
, the wife Ra-saa-ka-kheper-u.
Male
Egyptian
, a surname of king Rameses III.
Girl/Female
Hindu
By birth u r so talented and intelligent what ever u think about u will be succeeded
Female
Egyptian
, the name of the mother, and of a granddaughter of King Sebekhotep II.
U LANGUAGE
U LANGUAGE
Boy/Male
Russian
Abbreviation of Elijah 'My God is Jehovah.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Hick 1. This is a widespread surname in England, and is common in the southwest and southern Wales.Dutch and German : patronymic from Hick. Compare Hix.
Male
English
Pet form of English Ebenezer, EBBIE means "stone of help."
Girl/Female
Arabic
Tall; Strong
Boy/Male
Arabic
Music
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Helper
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Creation
Girl/Female
British, English, French, Jamaican
Noble Strength; Nobility
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Michaēl, MIKKO means "who is like God?"
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English, Swedish
House; God's Promise; God is My Oath
U LANGUAGE
U LANGUAGE
U LANGUAGE
U LANGUAGE
U LANGUAGE
n.
A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
v. t.
The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
a.
Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus /; as, a wagonheaded ceiling.
n.
The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
n.
A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].
n.
Same as Tsetse. U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.
a.
Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
n.
A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.
n.
A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).
n.
A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.
n.
The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
n.
A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.
n.
A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.
a.
Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.
n.
Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.
n.
A Burman measure of twelve miles. V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
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A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.
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A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.
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A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons.