Euouae

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Euouae is a mnemonic which was used in medieval music to denote the sequence of tones in the "seculorum Amen" passage of the hymn Gloria Patri. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is the longest word in the English language which is made up of nothing but vowels; it is also the English word with the most consecutive vowels.

[edit] See also

• English words with unusual properties

[edit] References

• Entry in Guinness
• Article on the Gregorian Missal