WYRA GUUN, a town of Hindustan, province of Gundwanah, formerly tributary to the rajah of Nagpore. Long. 80. 56. E. Lat. 20. 31. N.
X or x, is the twenty third letter of our alphabet, and a double consonant. It was not used by the Hebrews or ancient Greeks; for as it is a compound letter, the ancients, who used great simplicity in their writings, expressed this letter by its component letters c & s. Neither have the Italians this letter, but express it by ss. X scarcely begins any word in our language but such as are of Greek origin; and is in few others but what are of Latin derivation, as perplex, reflexion, defluxion, &c. We often express this sound by single letters, as chs, in backs, necks; bs, in books, breaks; cs in access, accident; cs, in sects, unction, &c. The English and French pronounce it as ks or hs; the Spaniards like c before a, viz. Alexandro is it were Alexandro. In numerals it expresses 10, and where in old Roman manuscripts it is used for denarius; this sound seems to be made of two V's placed one over the other. When a dash is added over it, thus, , it signifies 9,000.