| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| 26th and last letter of the alphabet, representing the voiced correspondent of voiceless s, as in the English zebra. Its original is the Greek zeta, which the Romans borrowed and added to their alphabet. |
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