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{
"etymology_text": "Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ζ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤆, zayin.",
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},
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},
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],
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{
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{
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],
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]
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
"qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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{
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},
{
"qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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},
{
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"word": "Λ"
},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"word": "ρ"
},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
{
"sense": "punctuation",
"word": "·"
},
{
"sense": "diacritics",
"word": "᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨"
}
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{
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},
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},
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{
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{
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},
{
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],
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},
{
"word": "ⲍ"
},
{
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}
],
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]
},
{
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]
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}
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"word": "Ψ"
},
{
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"word": "ψ"
},
{
"qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
"sense": "Greek-script letters",
"word": "Ω"
},
{
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"word": "ω"
},
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},
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},
{
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"word": "Ͷ"
},
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},
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{
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},
{
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"word": "ϻ"
},
{
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},
{
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},
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"word": "Ͳ"
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"word": "ͳ"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation",
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},
{
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"word": "᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨"
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"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek letters"
],
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],
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[
"Greek alphabet",
"Greek alphabet"
],
[
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"ζῆτα"
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