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Czech words with long ú or ů

Both ú and ů are long /uː/. Same sound, different spelling: ú at word start, ů elsewhere.

ú appears at word start (úkol "task"); ů appears mid- or end-of-word (dům "house"). The kroužek (little ring) on ů is a historical spelling marker — it doesn't change the sound.

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