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Q. Q, developed from Latin, never appears at the end of an English word and is almost always followed by u in English, though there are transliterated Arabic words offering excep- tions: the Arabian sheikdom Qatar, for example, and qaf, the 21st letter of the Arabic alphabet. Another exception is Qvoens, “queens,” which early Finns called themselves, leading some ancient European geographers to believe that a race of Ama- zons lived in northern Europe. Contractions like q-boats and abbreviations like q.v. don’t count. See also cue. |