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capital capital letter uppercase upper-case letter majuscule

One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis WordNet 3.0

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One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An upper-case letter, used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc. OmegaWiki

In typography, the nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter. OmegaWiki

Collective term for the capital letters. OmegaWiki

An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc. Wiktionary

Letters A B C. Wiktionary (translation)

Printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters WordNet 3.0

Printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases Open English WordNet

Capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters Open English WordNet

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