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A unique or An unique?

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~~An unique because the word "unique" starts with the letter u. That's a vowel. The rule is whatever word that starts with a vowel supposed to use the word "an".~~

No, it's "a unique". Here is a good explanation I found whilst "googling":

"When a "u" word is pronounced as though it begins with a "y" (yoo nique), it's treated more like the consonant sound of the y. So, a university, an umbrella, a usual day, an unusual day." When you google it, you get about 78,700,000 matches.

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