IJ (digraph)
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IJ, also encountered as Unicode compatibility characters IJ and ij, is a digraph of the letters i and j. Occurring in the Dutch language, it is sometimes considered a ligature, or a letter in itself. In
IJ here is written as one letter.
Here, IJ is written as Y.
In this version the ij is a single glyph.
Road sign in Rotterdam area with capitalised digraph IJ in proper name IJsselmonde
IJmuiden
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IJmuiden is a port town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-east. Including its large sea locks, it straddles the m
IJ (digraph)
…under the i as it is considered to consist of two letters. When a word starting with IJ is capitalised, the entire digraph is capitalised: IJsselmeer, IJmuiden. On mechanical Dutch typewriters, there is a key that produces 'ij' (in a single letterspace, located directly to the right of the L). However, this…
IJmuiden, view to a street (town hall at the background)
IJmuiden's Rear Range lighthouse
North Sea Canal's wide mouth
IJmuiden steelworks is a key actor for the IJ