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Roman alphabet
Ro·man al·pha·bet


noun 
Definition:
 
Western writing system: the writing system that represents sounds by 26 letters from A to Z, used for most languages in Western Europe and many elsewhere. It is based on the alphabet developed in ancient Rome.
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