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Omega (, ; uppercase Ω, lowercase ω) is the twenty-fourth and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system/isopsephy (gematria), it has a value of 800. The name of the letter was originally ( ), but it was later changed to ( 'big o') in the Middle Ages to distinguish it from omicron , whose name means 'small o', as both letters had come to be pronounced . In modern Greek, its name has fused into ().
Omega is the twenty-fourth and final letter of the Greek alphabet, used in Greek writing and also assigned the numerical value of 800 in ancient Greek number systems. The letter's name was changed in the Middle Ages from its original form to "big O" to distinguish it from omicron ("small O"), since the two letters had begun to sound identical in Greek pronunciation.
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