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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.

  1. The 13th letter of the English alphabet, preceded by M and followed by O, and representing /n/.
  2. 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

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Symbol

N

  1. nitrogen.

Noun

N (Lowercase: n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet.
  2. The fourteenth in a list. (Synonyms: 14, XIV)

Abbreviation

n

  1. north
  2. (Grammar) noun
  3. (Grammar) neuter gender

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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