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\kjˈuː], \kjˈuː], \k_j_ˈuː]\
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the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, 249.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald