Upsilon (US: , UK: ; uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; Greek: ύψιλον ýpsilon [ˈipsilon]) or ypsilon is the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, Υʹ has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw . Etymology. The name of the letter was originally just "υ" (y; also called hy, hence "hyoid", meaning "shaped like the letter υ"), but the name changed to "υ ψιλόν" (=υ psilon, 'u-plain' or 'u-simple') to distinguish it from οι, which had come to have the same [y] pronunciation. Pronunciation.
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Upsilon (US: , UK: ; uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; Greek: ύψιλον ýpsilon [ˈipsilon]) or ypsilon is the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, Υʹ has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw . Etymology. The name of the letter was originally just "υ" (y; also called hy, hence "hyoid", meaning "shaped like the letter υ"), but the name changed to "υ ψιλόν" (=υ psilon, 'u-plain' or 'u-simple') to distinguish it from οι, which had come to have the same [y] pronunciation. Pronunciation.
