History
The Cyrillic letter A was derived directly from the Greek letter Alpha (Α α).
In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was азъ (azǔ), meaning "I".
In the Cyrillic numeral system, the Cyrillic letter A had a value of 1.
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