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==Spelling==

==Spelling==

Every major English-language dictionary gives "Koran" as its preferred spelling, including American Heritage, Merriam-Webster, ''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', and Oxford.<ref>See ''[https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Koran American Heritage Dictionary]'', [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/koran Merriam-Webster], ''[http://www.yourdictionary.com/koran#websters Webster's New World College Dictionary]'', and [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Koran Oxford].</ref> The Associated Press, which sets a style benchmark for the rest of the media, has used "Quran" since 2000.<ref>"[http://ajrarchive.org/Article.asp?id=4239 Quran or Koran?]" , ''American Journalism Review'', 2006.</ref> This is despite the fact that the dictionaries recommended in the AP's own stylebook give the K spelling.<ref>''Webster's New World College Dictionary'' is given as the "first reference for spelling" in the ''AP Stylebook''. Although it gives "Koran" as its preferred spelling, this dictionary does include the notation "the form Quran is now preferred in many contexts." Merriam-Webster, the top U.S. dictionary publisher and the AP's "second reference," gives "Koran, also Quran or Qur'an."</ref> The AP's spelling is a variant of "Qu'ran," a spelling promoted by Muslim authorities. Both of these spellings are simplified forms of the romanized Arabic (''al-Qur'ān'').

Every major English-language dictionary gives "Koran" as its preferred spelling, including American Heritage, Merriam-Webster, ''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', and Oxford.<ref>See ''[https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Koran American Heritage Dictionary]'', [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/koran Merriam-Webster], ''[http://www.yourdictionary.com/koran#websters Webster's New World College Dictionary]'', and [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Koran Oxford]. For a comprehensive list of dictionaries, see [http://www.onelook.com/?w=Koran&ls=a OneLook].</ref> The Associated Press, which sets a style benchmark for the rest of the media, has used "Quran" since 2000.<ref>"[http://ajrarchive.org/Article.asp?id=4239 Quran or Koran?]" , ''American Journalism Review'', 2006.</ref> This is despite the fact that the dictionaries recommended in the AP's own stylebook give the K spelling.<ref>''Webster's New World College Dictionary'' is given as the "first reference for spelling" in the ''AP Stylebook''. Although it gives "Koran" as its preferred spelling, this dictionary does include the notation "the form Quran is now preferred in many contexts." Merriam-Webster, the top U.S. dictionary publisher and the AP's "second reference," gives "Koran, also Quran or Qur'an."</ref> The AP's spelling is a variant of "Qu'ran," a spelling promoted by Muslim authorities. Both of these spellings are simplified forms of the romanized Arabic (''al-Qur'ān'').

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