Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A letter of the original Greek alphabet, Q, analogous in form and corresponding in position and use to the Phenician and Hebrew koph and the Latin Q, q. See
episemon , 2.
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- noun The
Ancient Greek letterϘ (lowercaseϙ ).
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Examples
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Letter 'koppa']), a letter of the older Greek alphabet, afterwards disused, which distinguished the thoroughbreds.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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State police goons murdered 5 people in atyadka near menasinahadya of koppa talluk.
CPI(Maoist)Karnataka State Committee statement on fake encounter of Atyadka on 10th july morning. Abhay N 2007
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Parmeshwara hailed from the poor adivasi family of hatyadka of koppa talluk, chickmagalore dist.
CPI(Maoist)Karnataka State Committee statement on fake encounter of Atyadka on 10th july morning. Abhay N 2007
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_koppa_, as the Chinese do their words, in various meanings.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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a man of the hedges and the byre and the clay-pit, the quarry and the wood; a nomad with no home, nothing that belonged to what she was now a part of -- organized, collective existence, the life of the house-dweller, not the life of the 'tan', the 'koppa', and the 'vellgouris' -- the tent, the blanket, and the fair.
The World for Sale, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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a man of the hedges and the byre and the clay-pit, the quarry and the wood; a nomad with no home, nothing that belonged to what she was now a part of -- organized, collective existence, the life of the house-dweller, not the life of the 'tan', the 'koppa', and the 'vellgouris' -- the tent, the blanket, and the fair.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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a man of the hedges and the byre and the clay-pit, the quarry and the wood; a nomad with no home, nothing that belonged to what she was now a part of -- organized, collective existence, the life of the house-dweller, not the life of the 'tan', the 'koppa', and the 'vellgouris' -- the tent, the blanket, and the fair.
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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[473] Literally, the horse marked with the [Greek: koppa] ([Symbol:
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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