Ž

Description

 * The letter Z with a háček.

Letter

 * 1) the final letter of the Czech alphabet, after z

Usage notes

 * Used only in loanwords.
 * Sometimes written as zh.

Etymology
Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Ž on Wikipedia.

Usage notes

 * In the Finnish alphabet, Ž is a variant of.
 * Often written as zh.
 * Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.

Usage notes
Used only in the digraph Dž.

Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Letter




Letter

 * 1) 32nd letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

Letter

 * 1) 30th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet