U+0A8A "ઊ" Gujarati Letter Uu Unicode Character

U+0A8A "ઊ" Gujarati Letter Uu is a vowel in the Gujarati script, representing the long vowel sound "ū" as in the English word "boot". It is written as a distinct independent character when beginning a syllable, and it is the long counterpart to the short vowel "ઉ". This character is used in the Gujarati language, which is spoken primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat, and it forms a fundamental part of the writing system for spelling words that require the elongated "u" sound.