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Like many of the other English words that use a q not followed by a u, souq is of Arabic origin. In English, the letter Q is usually almost always followed immediately by the letter U, e.g. quiz, quarry, question, squirrel. However, there are some exceptions. The majority of these are anglicised from Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Inuktitut, or other ...
List of English words containing a Q not followed by a U. This article survived an AfD vote early in its life, and has now reached what I hope is a high standard. All words are sourced to major 20th Century dictionaries, and there is also useful discussion on the words themselves, elevating the article above a list of dicdefs.
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Words with QU where the U represents a full vowel[edit] Normally in English the QU combination is pronounced /kw/, or sometimes /k/, and is followed by a vowel. Maybe this article should include a sentence or two about words where a U after a Q represents a full vowel, such as qū, qurūsh, Quran, or whatever the various dictionaries may contain.
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The list has a very clear inclusion criterion which it makes explicit: Words can only be included after they have appeared on their own in one English-language dictionary. Therefore it's not acceptable to add a word just because you think it should appear in English dictionaries.
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