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Ancient Greek

Greek letter Α (A, “Alpha”)

Letter

Α (A) (upper case, lower case α)

1. The letter ἄλφα (álfa, “alpha”), the first letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Usage notes

The letter represented the open front unrounded vowel: . Today, this letter is often represented by lower case α (a), although Ancient Greek did not distinguish between upper and lower case.

Derived terms

• (Modern Greek letters) Α (A, “Alpha”), α (a, “alpha”)
• (Latin (Roman) letters) a, A
• (Cyrillic letters) а (a), А (A)
• (Coptic) ⲁ, Ⲁ

See also

• <Αα·Ββ·Γγ·Δδ·Εε·Ζζ·Ηη·Θθ·Ιι·Κκ·Λλ·Μμ·Νν·Ξξ·Οο·Ππ·Ρρ·Σσς·Ττ·Υυ>
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (Ͱ) ͱ (ͱ), Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ (Ͳ) ͳ (ͳ)
• (punctuation) · ﹔
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

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Greek

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA: /a/ /ə/
• In modern Greek, Α (A) represents the open front unrounded vowel sound (
  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA: /a/
  ), similar to the a in father.

Etymology

The ក្រិកបរមបុរាណ letter Α (A, “alpha”) derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀‎ (ʼ, “aleph”) ()

Letter

Α (A) (upper case, lower case α)

1. The letter άλφα (álfa, “alpha”), the first letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• <Αα·Ββ·Γγ·Δδ·Εε·Ζζ·Ηη·Θθ·Ιι·Κκ·Λλ·Μμ·Νν·Ξξ·Οο·Ππ·Ρρ·Σσς·Ττ·Υυ>
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (Ͱ) ͱ (ͱ), Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ (Ͳ) ͳ (ͳ)
• (punctuation) · ﹔
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Numeral

Α (A) (Greek numeral)

1. The number one (1).

See also

• Appendix:Greek numerals

Units	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1s	Α΄ α΄	Β΄ β΄	Γ΄ γ΄	Δ΄ δ΄	Ε΄ ε΄	Ϛ΄ ϛ΄ ΣΤ΄ Στ΄ στ΄ Ϝ΄ ϝ΄	Ζ΄ ζ΄	Η΄ η΄	Θ΄ θ΄
10s	Ι΄ ι΄	Κ΄ κ΄	Λ΄ λ΄	Μ΄ μ΄	Ν΄ ν΄	Ξ΄ ξ΄	Ο΄ ο΄	Π΄ π΄	Ϟ΄ ϟ΄
100s	Ρ΄ ρ΄	Σ΄ σ΄	Τ΄ τ΄	Υ΄ υ΄	Φ΄ φ΄	Χ΄ χ΄	Ψ΄ ψ΄	Ω΄ ω΄	Ϡ΄ ϡ΄
1000s	͵Α ͵α	͵Β ͵β	͵Γ ͵γ	͵Δ ͵δ	͵Ε ͵ε	͵Ϛ ͵ϛ ͵ΣΤ ͵Στ ͵στ ͵Ϝ ͵ϝ	͵Ζ ͵ζ	͵Η ͵η	͵Θ ͵θ
10,000s	͵Ι ͵ι	͵Κ ͵κ	͵Λ ͵λ	͵Μ ͵μ	͵Ν ͵ν	͵Ξ ͵ξ	͵Ο ͵ο	͵Π ͵π	͵Ϟ ͵ϟ
100,000s	͵Ρ ͵ρ	͵Σ ͵σ	͵Τ ͵τ	͵Υ ͵υ	͵Φ ͵φ	͵Χ ͵χ	͵Ψ ͵ψ	͵Ω ͵ω	͵Ϡ ͵ϡ
Greek number and measurement appendix

• Greek numeral
• ͵Α (1000)

Initialism

Α

1. ανατολή, East (noun)
2. ανατολικός east, eastern (adjective)

See also

• Appendix:Greek compass points