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Also known as Ϟ, Ϙ, qoppa

Koppa or Qoppa (uppercase: ', lowercase: , numeral: ') is a letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet, derived from Phoenician qoph (). It was originally used to denote the sound, but dropped out of use as an alphabetic character and replaced by kappa (Κ). It has remained in use as a numeral symbol (90) in the system of Greek numerals, although with a modified shape. Koppa is the source of Latin Q, as well as the Cyrillic numeral sign of the same name (koppa).

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Koppa is an ancient Greek letter that originally represented a sound but was eventually replaced by the letter kappa in the Greek alphabet. Though it fell out of everyday use, koppa survived as a symbol for the number 90 in Greek numerals and became the ancestor of the Latin letter Q.

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Commons category: Koppa (letter)
Unicode character: ϟ

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Koppa or Qoppa (uppercase: ', lowercase: , numeral: ') is a letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet, derived from Phoenician qoph (). It was originally used to denote the sound, but dropped out of use as an alphabetic character and replaced by kappa (Κ). It has remained in use as a numeral symbol (90) in the system of Greek numerals, although with a modified shape. Koppa is the source of Latin Q, as well as the Cyrillic numeral sign of the same name (koppa).

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