Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Upsilon

Upsilon , noun

[Greek 'y^ psilo`n bare, mere, simple y.]

The 20th letter (U, υ) of the Greek alphabet, a vowel having originally the sound of o as in room, becoming before the 4th century b. c. that French u or German u. Its equivalent in English is u or y.