Å

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See also: å and Appendix:Variations of "a"
Å U+00C5, Å
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
Composition:A [U+0041] + ◌̊ [U+030A]
← Ä
 		Latin-1 Supplement Æ →
Å U+212B, Å
ANGSTROM SIGN
Composition:A [U+0041] + ◌̊ [U+030A]
← K
 		Letterlike Symbols ℬ →

Translingual

Symbol

Å

  1. (metrology) Symbol for angstrom/ångström.

Usage notes

The Unicode Standard states that Å (U+212B ANGSTROM SIGN) is included in Unicode only for backward compatibility reasons. To represent angstroms, Å (U+00C5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE) is preferred.

Danish

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Letter

Å (lower case å)

  1. The ultimate (29th) letter of the Danish alphabet. Before its introduction in 1948, the digraph Aa / aa was used. To distinguish between the two forms, "Å" is referred to as "bolle-å" and "Aa" as "dobbelt-a".

Inflection

Declension of Å
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Å Å'et Å'er Å'erne
genitive Å's Å'ets Å'ers Å'ernes

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References

Elfdalian

Alternative forms

  • Å, ᛡ (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

Å (upper case Å, lower case å)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish Å.

Letter

Å (upper case, lower case å)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ruotsalainen oo and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Despite being part of the Finnish alphabet, the letter is only used in Scandinavian names. As a result, it is often seen as a symbol of the Swedish language (which is also an official language in Finland, although not without controversy).

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Norwegian

The big letter Å standing in the village of Å (1)

Letter

Å (upper case Å, lower case å)

  1. the last letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Proper noun

Å

  1. A village in Trøndelag, Norway, between Meldal and Rennebu
  2. A village in Nordland, Norway, in Lofoten

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

Å (lower case å)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Swedish

Etymology

From two a’s written on top of each other; compare ä and ö.

Pronunciation

Letter name, noun, preposition
Phoneme

Letter

Å (upper case, lower case å)

  1. The third to last letter of the Swedish alphabet, called å and written in the Latin script.

See also

Wikious
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