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< Habsburg
hacendado >
ha·
ek
(hä
ch
k
)
KEY
NOUN:
A diacritical mark (
) that resembles an inverted circumflex and is used over certain letters, such as
,
to indicate quality of pronunciation.
ETYMOLOGY:
Czech
há
ek
, diminutive of
hák
,
hook
, from Middle High German
h
ken
, from Old High German
h
ko
; see
keg-
in Indo-European roots
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