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plural guillemets
Either of the punctuation marks « or », used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language, such as " (and formerly also “ and ”). quotations examples
Guillemets, however, proved popular and remain the key method of indicating quotations in French, Arabic, Italian, Greek and many other languages.
2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 49