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  2. Romanization of Greek - Wikipedia

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    So the transcriptions of Modern Greek into Latin letters used by ELOT, UN and ISO are essentially equivalent, while there remain minor differences in how they approach reversible transliteration. The American Library Association and Library of Congress romanization scheme employs its "Modern Greek" system for all works and authors following the ...

  3. Greek alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Greek alphabet was the model for various others: [8] The Etruscan alphabet; The Latin alphabet, together with various other ancient scripts in Italy, adopted from an archaic form of the Greek alphabet brought to Italy by Greek colonists in the late 8th century BC, via Etruscan;

  4. Archaic Greek alphabets - Wikipedia

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    The Euboean alphabet was used in the cities of Eretria and Chalcis and in related colonies in southern Italy, notably in Cumae, Pithecusae and Rhegion. It was through this variant that the Greek alphabet was transmitted to Italy, where it gave rise to the Old Italic alphabets, including Etruscan and ultimately the Latin alphabet. Some of the ...

  5. ISO 843 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 843 is a system for the transliteration and/or transcription of Greek characters into Latin characters. [1]It was released by the International Organization for Standardization in 1997.

  6. Nu (letter) - Wikipedia

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    Nu (/ ˈ n (j) uː /; uppercase Ν, lowercase ν; Greek: vι ni) is the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar nasal IPA:. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 50. It is derived from the Phoenician nun. Its Latin equivalent is N, though the lowercase resembles the Roman lowercase v.

  7. Latin alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The term Latin alphabet may refer to either the alphabet used to write Latin (as described in this article) or other alphabets based on the Latin script, which is the basic set of letters common to the various alphabets descended from the classical Latin alphabet, such as the English alphabet.

  8. Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name hurricanes

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    The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was so active that forecasters resorted to naming storms with letters from the Greek alphabet for only the second time in history. Turns out, it was the final ...

  9. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    The Bayer designation naming scheme for stars typically uses the first Greek letter, α, for the brightest star in each constellation, and runs through the alphabet before switching to Latin letters. In mathematical finance, the Greeks are the variables denoted by Greek letters used to describe the risk of certain investments.