Ō

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Ō U+014C, Ō
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH MACRON
Composition:O [U+004F] + ◌̄ [U+0304]
ŋ
[U+014B]
Latin Extended-A ō
[U+014D]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

Ō

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おお
  2. Rōmaji transcription of おう

Silesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and Ō for development of the glyph itself.

Letter[edit]

Ō (upper case, lower case ō)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /øː/, /œ/

Letter[edit]

Ō (upper case, lower case ō)

  1. (in handwriting) Alternative form of Ö

See also[edit]