A Burman measure of twelve miles.
   V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal
   consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being
   the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone.
   The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a
   comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed
   together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The
   letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a
   consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it
   from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter
   being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or
   else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the
   Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as
   in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover,
   troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.