Z

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Z
Author: Noah Webster

Z, the last letter of the English Alphabet, is a sibilant articulation, and is merely a vocal S. It bears the same relation to s, as v does to f. With us it has not a compound sound, nor is it a double consonant, as in the Italian and German. It is as simple in its sound as S.

As a numeral, Z stands for 2000, and with a dash over it, Z, for 2,000,000. It is pronounced zee.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Z," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed May 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ISIBKUJH8CA4TH6.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Z." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 3 May. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ISIBKUJH8CA4TH6.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Z' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 3 May 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ISIBKUJH8CA4TH6.