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    IJ (lowercase ij; Dutch pronunciation: [ɛi] ; also encountered as Unicode compatibility characters IJ and ij) is a digraph of the letters i and j. Occurring...
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  • Look up IJ, ij, or -ij in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. IJ, ij or iJ may refer to: Ich, Zanjan or Īj, a village in Zanjan province, Iran IJ (Amsterdam)...
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  • first letter (⟨ch⟩ becomes ⟨Ch⟩) unless otherwise stated (⟨ij⟩ becomes ⟨IJ⟩ in Dutch, and digraphs marking eclipsis in Irish, are capitalised on the second...
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    is capitalized ⟨Ch⟩, while ⟨ij⟩ in Dutch is capitalized ⟨IJ⟩ and word initial ⟨dt⟩ in Irish is capitalized ⟨dT⟩. Digraphs may develop into ligatures, but...
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  • Y
    only found in loanwords, or is practically equivalent to the digraph IJ. Hence, both Griekse ij and i-grec are used, as well as ypsilon. In Spanish, Y is...
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    the Southwest – as a representation of [iː] that goes back to an old IJ (digraph), for instance in Schwyz or Schnyder (an Alemannic German variant of...
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    the digraph ij which is capitalized as IJ. Today, the IJ is divided into two parts: To the west of the Oranjesluizen (Oranje Locks), the Binnen-IJ (inner...
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  • Netherlands in 2007. Abroad, people with this surname usually abandoned the ij digraph, resulting in names like Van Dyke and Van Dyk. People with the original...
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  • In handwriting, IJ is written as a single letter (see IJ (digraph)), whereas in print the string IJ is used. In alphabetical listings IJ is most commonly...
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    handwriting, IJ (used for Dutch loanwords and personal names) is written as a single letter (see IJ (digraph)), whereas in print the string IJ is used. In...
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