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from : http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/biophysics/technotes/misc/entities.htm
An excellent reference on HTML 'named' entities ... repeated here below -
Character Entities in HTML 4
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Code
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Entity
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Character
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Description
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non-breaking space
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¡
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¡
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¡
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inverted exclamation mark
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¢
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¢
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¢
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cent sign
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£
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£
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£
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pound sterling sign
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¤
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¤
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¤
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general currency sign
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¥
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¥
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¥
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yen sign
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¦
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¦
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¦
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broken (vertical) bar
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§
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§
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§
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section sign
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¨
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¨
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¨
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umlaut (dieresis)
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©
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©
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©
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copyright sign
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ª
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ª
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ª
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ordinal indicator, feminine
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«
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«
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«
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angle quotation mark, left
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¬
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¬
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¬
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not sign
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­
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­
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soft hyphen
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®
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®
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®
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registered sign
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¯
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¯
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¯
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macron
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°
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°
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°
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degree sign
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±
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±
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±
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plus-or-minus sign
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²
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²
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²
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superscript two
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³
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³
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³
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superscript three
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´
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´
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´
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acute accent
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µ
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µ
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µ
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micro sign
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¶
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¶
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¶
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pilcrow (paragraph sign)
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·
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·
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·
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middle dot
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¸
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¸
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¸
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cedilla
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¹
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¹
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¹
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superscript one
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º
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º
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º
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ordinal indicator, masculine
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»
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»
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»
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angle quotation mark, right
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¼
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¼
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¼
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fraction one-quarter
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½
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½
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½
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fraction one-half
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¾
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¾
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¾
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fraction three-quarters
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¿
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¿
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¿
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inverted question mark
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À
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À
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À
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capital A, grave accent
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Á
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Á
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Á
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capital A, acute accent
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Â
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Â
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Â
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capital A, circumflex accent
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Ã
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Ã
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Ã
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capital A, tilde
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Ä
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Ä
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Ä
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capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
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Å
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Å
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Å
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capital A, ring
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Æ
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Æ
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Æ
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capital AE diphthong (ligature)
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Ç
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Ç
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Ç
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capital C, cedilla
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È
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È
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È
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capital E, grave accent
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É
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É
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É
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capital E, acute accent
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Ê
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Ê
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Ê
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capital E, circumflex accent
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Ë
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Ë
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Ë
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capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
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Ì
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Ì
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Ì
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capital I, grave accent
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Í
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Í
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Í
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capital I, acute accent
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Î
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Î
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Î
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capital I, circumflex accent
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Ï
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Ï
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Ï
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capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
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Ð
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Ð
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Ð
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capital Eth, Icelandic
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Ñ
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Ñ
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Ñ
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capital N, tilde
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Ò
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Ò
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Ò
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capital O, grave accent
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Ó
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Ó
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Ó
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capital O, acute accent
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Ô
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Ô
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Ô
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capital O, circumflex accent
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Õ
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Õ
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Õ
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capital O, tilde
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Ö
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Ö
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Ö
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capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
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×
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×
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×
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multiply sign
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Ø
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Ø
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Ø
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capital O, slash
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Ù
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Ù
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Ù
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capital U, grave accent
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Ú
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Ú
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Ú
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capital U, acute accent
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Û
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Û
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Û
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capital U, circumflex accent
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Ü
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Ü
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Ü
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capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
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Ý
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Ý
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Ý
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capital Y, acute accent
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Þ
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Þ
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Þ
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capital THORN, Icelandic
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ß
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ß
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ß
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small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
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à
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à
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à
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small a, grave accent
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á
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á
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á
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small a, acute accent
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â
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â
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â
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small a, circumflex accent
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ã
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ã
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ã
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small a, tilde
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ä
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ä
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ä
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small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
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å
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å
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å
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small a, ring
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æ
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æ
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æ
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small ae diphthong (ligature)
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ç
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ç
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ç
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small c, cedilla
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è
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è
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è
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small e, grave accent
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é
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é
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é
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small e, acute accent
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ê
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ê
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ê
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small e, circumflex accent
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ë
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ë
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ë
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small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
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ì
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ì
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ì
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small i, grave accent
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í
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í
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í
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small i, acute accent
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î
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î
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î
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small i, circumflex accent
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ï
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ï
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ï
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small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
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ð
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ð
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ð
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small eth, Icelandic
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ñ
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ñ
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ñ
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small n, tilde
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ò
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ò
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ò
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small o, grave accent
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ó
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ó
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ó
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small o, acute accent
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ô
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ô
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ô
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small o, circumflex accent
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õ
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õ
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õ
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small o, tilde
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ö
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ö
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ö
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small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
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÷
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÷
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÷
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divide sign
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ø
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ø
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ø
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small o, slash
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ù
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ù
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ù
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small u, grave accent
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ú
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ú
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ú
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small u, acute accent
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û
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û
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û
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small u, circumflex accent
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ü
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ü
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ü
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small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
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ý
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ý
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ý
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small y, acute accent
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þ
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þ
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þ
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small thorn, Icelandic
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ÿ
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ÿ
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ÿ
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small y, dieresis or umlaut mark
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Code
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Entity
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Character
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Description
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Latin Extended-B
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ƒ
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ƒ
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ƒ
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latin small f with hook (function or florin)
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Greek
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Α
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Α
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Α
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greek capital letter alpha
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Β
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Β
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Β
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greek capital letter beta
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Γ
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Γ
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Γ
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greek capital letter gamma
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Δ
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Δ
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Δ
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greek capital letter delta
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Ε
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Ε
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Ε
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greek capital letter epsilon
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Ζ
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Ζ
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Ζ
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greek capital letter zeta
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Η
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Η
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Η
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greek capital letter eta
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Θ
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Θ
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Θ
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greek capital letter theta
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Ι
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Ι
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Ι
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greek capital letter iota
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Κ
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Κ
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Κ
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greek capital letter kappa
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Λ
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Λ
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Λ
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greek capital letter lambda
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Μ
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Μ
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Μ
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greek capital letter mu
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Ν
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Ν
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Ν
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greek capital letter nu
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Ξ
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Ξ
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Ξ
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greek capital letter xi
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Ο
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Ο
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Ο
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greek capital letter omicron
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Π
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Π
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Π
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greek capital letter pi
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Ρ
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Ρ
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Ρ
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greek capital letter rho
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Σ
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Σ
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Σ
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greek capital letter sigma
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Τ
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Τ
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Τ
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greek capital letter tau
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Υ
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Υ
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Υ
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greek capital letter upsilon
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Φ
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Φ
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Φ
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greek capital letter phi
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Χ
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Χ
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Χ
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greek capital letter chi
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Ψ
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Ψ
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Ψ
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greek capital letter psi
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Ω
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Ω
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Ω
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greek capital letter omega
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α
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α
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α
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greek small letter alpha
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β
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β
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β
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greek small letter beta
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γ
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γ
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γ
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greek small letter gamma
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δ
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δ
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δ
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greek small letter delta
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ε
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ε
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ε
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greek small letter epsilon
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ζ
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ζ
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ζ
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greek small letter zeta
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η
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η
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η
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greek small letter eta
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θ
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θ
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θ
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greek small letter theta
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ι
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ι
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ι
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greek small letter iota
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κ
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κ
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κ
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greek small letter kappa
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λ
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λ
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λ
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greek small letter lambda
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μ
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μ
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μ
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greek small letter mu
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ν
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ν
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ν
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greek small letter nu
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ξ
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ξ
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ξ
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greek small letter xi
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ο
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ο
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ο
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greek small letter omicron
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π
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π
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π
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greek small letter pi
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ρ
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ρ
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ρ
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greek small letter rho
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ς
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ς
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ς
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greek small letter final sigma
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σ
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σ
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σ
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greek small letter sigma
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τ
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τ
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τ
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greek small letter tau
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υ
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υ
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υ
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greek small letter upsilon
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φ
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φ
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φ
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greek small letter phi
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χ
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χ
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χ
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greek small letter chi
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ψ
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ψ
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ψ
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greek small letter psi
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ω
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ω
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ω
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greek small letter omega
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ϑ
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ϑ
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ϑ
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greek small letter theta symbol
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ϒ
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ϒ
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ϒ
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greek upsilon with hook symbol
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ϖ
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ϖ
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ϖ
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greek pi symbol
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General Punctuation
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•
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•
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•
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bullet (black small circle)
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…
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…
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…
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horizontal ellipsis (three dot leader)
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′
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′
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′
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prime (minutes or feet)
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″
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″
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″
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double prime (seconds or inches)
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‾
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‾
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‾
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overline (spacing overscore)
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⁄
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⁄
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⁄
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fraction slash
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Letterlike Symbols
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℘
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℘
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℘
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script capital P (power set or Weierstrass p)
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ℑ
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ℑ
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ℑ
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blackletter capital I (imaginary part)
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ℜ
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ℜ
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ℜ
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blackletter capital R (real part symbol)
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™
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™
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™
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trade mark sign
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ℵ
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ℵ
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ℵ
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alef symbol (first transfinite cardinal, NOT the same as hebrew letter alef)
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Arrows
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←
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←
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←
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leftwards arrow
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↑
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↑
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↑
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upwards arrow
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→
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→
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→
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rightwards arrow
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↓
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↓
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↓
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downwards arrow
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↔
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↔
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↔
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left right arrow
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↵
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↵
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↵
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downwards arrow with corner leftwards (carriage return)
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⇐
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⇐
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⇐
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leftwards double arrow
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⇑
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⇑
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⇑
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upwards double arrow
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⇒
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⇒
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⇒
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rightwards double arrow
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⇓
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⇓
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⇓
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downwards double arrow
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⇔
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⇔
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⇔
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left right double arrow
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Mathmatical Operators
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∀
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∀
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∀
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for all
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∂
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∂
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∂
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partial differential
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∃
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∃
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∃
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there exists
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∅
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∅
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∅
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empty set (null set or diameter)
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∇
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∇
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∇
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nabla (backward difference)
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∈
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∈
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∈
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element of
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∉
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∉
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∉
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not an element of
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∋
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∋
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∋
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contains as member
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∏
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∏
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∏
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n-ary product (product sign)
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∑
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∑
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∑
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n-ary sumation
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−
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−
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−
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minus sign
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∗
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∗
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∗
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asterisk operator
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√
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√
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√
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square root (radical sign)
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∝
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∝
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∝
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proportional to
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∞
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∞
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∞
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infinity
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∠
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∠
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∠
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angle
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∧
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∧
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∧
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logical and (wedge)
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∨
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∨
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∨
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logical or (vee)
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∩
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∩
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∩
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intersection (cap)
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∪
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∪
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∪
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union (cup)
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∫
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∫
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∫
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integral
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∴
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∴
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∴
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therefore
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∼
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∼
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∼
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tilde operator (varies with, NOT the same as tilde)
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≅
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≅
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≅
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approximately equal to
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≈
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≈
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≈
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almost equal to (asymptotic to)
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≠
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≠
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≠
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not equal to
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≡
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≡
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≡
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identical to
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≤
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≤
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≤
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less-than or equal to
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≥
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≥
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≥
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greater-than or equal to
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⊂
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⊂
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⊂
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subset of
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⊃
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⊃
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⊃
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superset of
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⊄
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⊄
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⊄
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not a subset of
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⊆
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⊆
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⊆
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subset of or equal to
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⊇
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⊇
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⊇
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superset of or equal to
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⊕
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⊕
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⊕
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circled plus (direct sum)
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⊗
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⊗
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⊗
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circled times (vector product)
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⊥
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⊥
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⊥
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up tack (orthogonal to or perpendicular)
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⋅
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⋅
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⋅
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dot operator
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Miscellaneous Technical
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⌈
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⌈
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⌈
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left ceiling (apl upstile)
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⌉
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⌉
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⌉
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right ceiling
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⌊
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⌊
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⌊
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left floor (apl downstile)
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⌋
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⌋
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⌋
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right floor
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〈
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⟨
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〈
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left-pointing angle bracket (bra)
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〉
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⟩
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〉
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right-pointing angle bracket (ket)
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Geometric Shapes
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◊
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◊
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◊
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lozenge
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Miscellaneous Symbols
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♠
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♠
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♠
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black spade suit
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♣
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♣
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♣
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black club suit (shamrock)
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♥
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♥
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♥
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black heart suit (valentine)
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♦
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♦
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♦
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black diamond suit
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Code
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Entity
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Character
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Description
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C0 Controls and Basic Latin
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"
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"
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"
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quotation mark
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&
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&
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&
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ampersand
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<
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<
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<
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less-than sign
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>
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>
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>
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greater-than sign
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Latin Extended-A
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Œ
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Œ
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Œ
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latin capital ligature OE
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œ
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œ
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œ
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latin small ligature oe
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Š
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Š
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Š
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latin capital letter S with caron
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š
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š
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š
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latin small letter s with caron
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Ÿ
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Ÿ
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Ÿ
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latin capital letter Y with diaeresis
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Spacing Modifier Letters
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ˆ
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ˆ
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ˆ
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modifier letter circumflex accent
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˜
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˜
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˜
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small tilde
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General Punctuation
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en space
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em space
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thin space
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‌
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‌
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zero width non-joiner
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‍
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‍
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zero width joiner
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‎
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‎
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left-to-right mark
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‏
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‏
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right-to-left mark
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–
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–
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–
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en dash
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—
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—
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—
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em dash
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‘
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‘
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‘
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left single quotation mark
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’
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’
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’
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right single quotation mark
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‚
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‚
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‚
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single low-9 quotation mark
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“
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“
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“
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left double quotation mark
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”
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”
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”
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right double quotation mark
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„
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„
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„
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double low-9 quotation mark
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†
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†
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†
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dagger
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‡
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‡
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‡
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double dagger
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‰
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‰
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‰
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per mille sign
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‹
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‹
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‹
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single left-pointing angle quotation mark
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›
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›
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›
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single right-pointing angle quotation mark
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€
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€
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€
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euro sign
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DISCLAIMER
Original Page author: Dawn Rorvik (rorvikd@evergreen.edu)
Dated: 05/20/2003
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