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kap·pa  (kp)

n.

The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

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[Greek, of Phoenician origin; see kpp¹ in Semitic roots.]

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kappa [ˈkæpə]

n

(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the tenth letter in the Greek alphabet (Κ, κ), a consonant, transliterated as c or k

[Greek, of Semitic origin]

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Noun

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kappa - the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"