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Ú or ú (U with acute) is a Latin letter used in the Czech, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, and Slovak writing systems. This letter also appears in Dutch, Irish, Occitan, Pinyin, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Galician, and Vietnamese as a variant of the letter "U".

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Czech

Ú/ú is the 34th letter of the Czech alphabet and represents a /uː/ sound. It is always the first letter of the word except in compound words, such as "trojúhelník" triangle, which is composed of two words: "troj", which is derived from "tři" three, and "úhel", which means angle.

Faroese

Ú/ú is the 24th letter of the Faroese alphabet, and may represent the following sounds:

  • Short [ʏ] in such words as krúss [kɹʏsː] ("mug", "coffee cup")
  • Short [ɪ] before /ɡv/ in such words as kúgv [kɪɡv] ("cow"), but also in brúdleyp [bɹɪdlɛip] ("bridal")
  • Long [ʉu] diphthong in úti [ʉuːtɪ] ("out"), hús [hʉuːs] ("house"), jú [jʉuː] ("but"),

    • Hungarian

    Ú/ú is the 36th letter of the Hungarian alphabet and represents a /uː/ sound.

    Icelandic

    Ú/ú is the 25th letter of the Icelandic alphabet, and represents a /u/ sound.

    Pinyin

    In Pinyin (Mandarin Chinese transliterated to Latin), Ú/ú represents a "U" vowel sound of the second (rising) tone.

    Slovak

    Ú/ú is the 39th letter of the Slovak alphabet and represents a /uː/ sound.

    Portuguese

    In Portuguese, the "ú" is not a letter but the letter "u" with an accent. It is used to denote an "u" syllable with abnormal stress.

    Italian

    Ú/ú is sometimes used in words like menú ("menu"), virtú ("virtue"), gioventú ("youth"),... in place of the standard Ù/ù.

    Spanish

    Same as Portuguese (see above)

    References

    Ú Wikipedia
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