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Noun: acrophony  u'kró-fu-nee
  1. Naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
    "The use of acrophony in early writing systems helped in the development of alphabets"

Derived forms: acrophonies

Type of: naming

Encyclopedia: Acrophony