Zeta (, ; uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: ζῆτα, , classical or zē̂ta; zíta) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician letter zayin (𐤆). Letters that arose from zeta include the Roman Z and Cyrillic З.
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Ζ (zeta) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet, used in ancient and modern Greek writing. It carries a numerical value of 7 in the Greek number system and is the ancestor of the Roman letter Z and the Cyrillic letter З.
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Zeta (, ; uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: ζῆτα, , classical or zē̂ta; zíta) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician letter zayin (𐤆). Letters that arose from zeta include the Roman Z and Cyrillic З.
==Name== Unlike the other Greek letters, this letter did not take its name from the Phoenician letter from which it was derived; it was given a new name on the pattern of beta, eta and theta.