W

W
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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and Logographic
Unicode value	U+0057, U+0077
Alphabetical position	23
History
Development	Υ υ 𐌖 Y V W w
Time period	~600 to present
Other

The Latin alphabet
	Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd
Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj
Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp
Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv
	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz

W is the twenty-third (number 23) letter in the Latin alphabet. It is pronounced as "double-(you/yoo)" or "double-vee". It is the only letter with three syllables.

In words like away, what, write and women, the W is a consonant. In words like draw, few, low and cwm, the W is a vowel

Meanings for W

• On calendars, W is most times a short letter for Wednesday.
• In chemistry, W is the symbol for tungsten, after its German name, Wolfram.
• In news story writing, the "five W's" are who, what, when, where and why.
• In Electricity, W stands for watts
• In particle physics, W stands for the W boson.