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Appendix: Variations of "v"
English
Etymology
Perhaps a result of the hardening of /-u(w)iən/ (to /-uviən/); compare en Peruvian to French fr péruvien and Italian it peruviano.
Interfix
en interfix
Used before en -ia or en -ian, when the base word ends in certain vowels, especially /u/.
Kachruvian, Monrovia, Nehruvian, Peruvian, Bakuvian, Whovian
Preposition
prep
en versus.
en Loving -v- Virginia