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cyril·lic al·pha·bet

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  1. Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillicnoun

    an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)

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  1. cyrillic alphabet

    The Cyrillic script ( sih-RIL-ik), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking countries in Southeastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Asia, and East Asia.As of 2019, around 250 million people in Eurasia use Cyrillic as the official script for their national languages, with Russia accounting for about half of them. With the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union on 1 January 2007, Cyrillic became the third official script of the European Union, following the Latin and Greek alphabets.The Early Cyrillic alphabet was developed during the 9th century AD at the Preslav Literary School in the First Bulgarian Empire during the reign of tsar Simeon I the Great, probably by disciples of the two Byzantine brothers Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, who had previously created the Glagolitic script. The script is named in honor of Saint Cyril.

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  1. cyrillic alphabet

    The Cyrillic alphabet is a writing system used by more than 250 million people in over 20 countries around the world, primarily in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It was developed during the 9th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire. The alphabet was named after St. Cyril, a missionary from Byzantium. It consists of 33 letters and is used to write Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and many other languages.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cyrillic alphabet in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cyrillic alphabet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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  • सिरिलिक वर्णमालाHindi

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