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Letter
Ideogram roots
From the old Latin N, from the Greek Ν (nu), from an archaic reversed Greek N, from the Phœnician symbol; possibly from an earlier Egyptian hieroglyph of a serpent.
- The 13th letter of the English alphabet, preceded by M and followed by O, and representing /n/.
- A symbol of the IPA, representing an alveolar nasal.
Other forms
- With tilde: ñ (Spanish; Seen in English borrowed words cañon , piñata, or señorita )
- With acute: ń
- With cedilla: ņ
- With caron: ň
- Preceded by apostrophe: ʼn
- With left hook: ɲ
- With long right leg: ƞ
- With grave: ǹ
- With curl: ȵ
- With retroflex hook: ɳ
- With dot above: ṅ
- With dot below: ṇ
- With line below: ṉ
- With circumflex below: ṋ
Related Letters
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Symbol
N
Noun
N (Lowercase: n)
- The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet.
- The fourteenth in a list. (Synonyms: 14, XIV)
Abbreviation
n
Translations
- Russian: ср (3: sr)
N -- Na Nb Nc Nd Ne Nf Ng Nh Ni Nj Nk Nl Nm Nn No Np Nq Nr Ns Nt Nu Nv Nw Nx Ny Nz
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