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<p>Alpha /ˈælfə/ ⓘ (uppercase Α, lowercase α) is the first <a href="/facts/Letter_(alphabet)/uRnrbGIJ">letter</a> of the <a href="/facts/Greek_alphabet/1cHwB8Dg">Greek alphabet</a>. In the system of <a href="/facts/Greek_numerals/vTLzPG0W">Greek numerals</a>, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the <a href="/facts/Phoenician_alphabet/Vr4smuYg">Phoenician</a> letter <a href="/facts/Aleph/fFWqQp9C">aleph</a> , which is the <a href="/facts/West_Semitic/skDJPEVY">West Semitic</a> word for "<a href="/facts/Ox/BHUFavVC">ox</a>". Letters that arose from alpha include the <a href="/facts/Latin_script/7EWeJjUV">Latin</a> letter <a href="/facts/A/2R3BU1nc">A</a> and the <a href="/facts/Cyrillic/0btN3oWC">Cyrillic</a> letter <a href="/facts/A_(Cyrillic)/5qny9Lxf">А</a>. </p>