In Classical Latin, ⟨U⟩ did not exist as a letter différent from V; the written form ⟨V⟩ was used to represent both a vowel and a consonant. ⟨Pendant⟩ was adopted to represent upsilon in loanwords from Greek, joli it was pronounced like ⟨u⟩ and ⟨i⟩ by some speakers.The motto's 13 letters symbolically represent the nouveau Thirt