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...

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)...

is capitalized ⟨Kj⟩, while ⟨ij⟩ in Dutch is capitalized ⟨IJ⟩ and word initial ⟨dt⟩ in Irish is capitalized ⟨dT⟩. Digraphs may develop into ligatures, but...

first letter (⟨ch⟩ becomes ⟨Ch⟩) unless otherwise stated (⟨ij⟩ becomes ⟨IJ⟩ in Dutch, and digraphs marking eclipsis in Irish, are capitalised on the second...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ll/ll is a digraph that occurs in several languages. In English, ⟨ll⟩ often represents the same sound as single ⟨l⟩: /l/. The doubling is used to indicate...

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...

are vowels and 20 (or 21) letters are consonants. In some aspects, the digraph ⟨ij⟩ behaves as a single letter. ⟨e⟩ is the most frequently used letter in...

"dike". The form Van Dyck reflects a common replacement of the original IJ digraph with a Y. Abraham van Dijck (1635–1680), Dutch Golden Age painter Antoon...

Harm J. de Blij (see IJ (digraph); closest pronunciation: "duh blay") (October 9, 1935 – March 25, 2014) was a Dutch-American geographer. He was a geography...

occupies one square. in Dutch crosswords, the ij digraph is considered one letter, filling one square, and the IJ and the Y (see Dutch alphabet) are considered...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Japanese phonology Yori (kana) IJ (digraph), a Dutch digraph that is sometimes written in a manner resembling the katakana...

names like Piét, Piél, Plusjé, Hofsté. The IJ digraph can be stressed with íj́ but is usually stressed as íj for technical reasons. In the Armenian script...

Kleijn is a Dutch surname meaning "small". The ij digraph is often replaced with a "y" ("Kleyn"). Notable people with the surname include: Arvid de Kleijn...

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...

equivalent of German Klein. It can be Dutch or Yiddish origin. The Dutch ij digraph is often replaced with a "y", so it may be seen as a variant of Dutch...

points for the digraph DZ, the Dutch digraph IJ, and for the Serbo-Croatian digraphs DŽ, LJ, and NJ. Although similar, these are digraphs, not ligatures...

steepest descent Rotational Brownian motion For Dutch use of "y" and "ij", see IJ (digraph). Davies, M. (1970). "Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debye. 1884–1966". Biographical...

"Dyck" is an old-fashioned contraction of the spelling "Dijck", with the "IJ" digraph. Moortgat, Ingrid. “Baptism of Antonio Van Dyck.” In Jordaens Van Dyck...

dike". Among variant forms are Hogendijk and Hoogerdijk. Abroad the "ij" digraph is usually replaced with a "y." Notable people with the surname include:...

name often originated with a herder, duck breeder, or cage maker. The ij digraph is often replaced with a "y". Among other variant spellings are Cooijman...

Booij" is only occupational of origin. The surname can be spelled with an ij digraph or a "y", though usually the latter abroad. The name "Van Booij" or "Van...

the Southwest, as a representation of [iː] that goes back to an old IJ (digraph), for instance in Schwyz or Schnyder (an Alemannic variant of the name...

groats or for one using these for brewing. Like most Dutch names with an "ij" digraph, the name is often spelled with a "y". People with this surname include:...

surname meaning "emperor" (modern Dutch keizer). The name contains a ij digraph that is often replaced with a "y", especially outside the Netherlands...

in English, and ⟨ij⟩, ⟨ee⟩, ⟨ch⟩ and ⟨ei⟩ in Dutch. In Dutch the ⟨ij⟩ is capitalized as ⟨IJ⟩ or the ligature ⟨IJ⟩, but never as ⟨Ij⟩, and it often takes...

implementation was not that far away, and the Dutch IJ ligature was removed as the existing digraph ij was found to be adequate. It was also considered to...