Cyrillic alphabet

[ (suh-ril-ik) ]

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The alphabet used for writing the Russian language and several related languages. Most of its letters differ from those in the Latin alphabet, which is used to write English and other western European languages.

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Cyrenaic, Cyrenaica, Cyrene, Cyril, Cyrillic, Cyrillic alphabet, Cyril of Alexandria, cyrtosis, cyrtostyle, Cyrus, Cys

How to use Cyrillic alphabet in a sentence

Down the highway, large letters shaped out of concrete or metal letters spelled out Donetsk in Cyrillic letters.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines|Ted Phillips|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It sometimes seems like we have more contingency plans than there are letters in the alphabet,” he claims.
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Best Moment: "I heard your last name was even longer but you ate all the other letters of the alphabet."
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To the left was West Pakistan, where they ruled, and spoke Urdu, and wrote in an alphabet that flowed like water under wind.
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He falls in love with a girl named Zoe, who “seemed to come from that foreign end of the alphabet.”
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No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
If a husband were to see his wife drowning, what single letter of the alphabet would he name?
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Whatever figure alphabet, however, is used, the main thing about it is to master it thoroughly.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
If the pupil has mastered the Figure Alphabet he will proceed with the greatest satisfaction and profit.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
For convenience of reference I now give the figure Alphabet tabulated.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)