What is an a with a circle on top?

å (upper case Å) The letter a with a ring above, considered an individual letter by most languages where it is used.
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What is the A sound?

Å (å) is pronounced as "oo" in poor. These are both good pronunciations of Å. The first pronunciation by "OziX" is more natural and the way you would say it in a normal conversation.
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How do you type A?

å = Hold down the Control and Shift keys and type a @, release the keys, and type an a. Å = Hold down the Control and Shift keys and type a @, release the keys, hold down the Shift key and type an a.
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What accent is A?

Spanish. In Spanish, á is an accented letter, pronounced just the way a is. Both á and a sound like /a/. The accent indicates the stressed syllable in words with irregular stress patterns.
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What is the A with A circle above it?

It's called a ring (bet that surprised you) and it isn't actually considered a diacritic, but part of the letter itself, which is considered different from the letter it appears over, usually an A or U (Å å Ů ů). It's used in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and the Belgian Romance language called Walloon.
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What is æ called?

Æ (minuscule: æ) is a grapheme named æsc or ash, formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae. It has been promoted to the full status of a letter in the alphabets of some languages, including Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
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What is the small circle above a letter called?

Diacritics, often loosely called `accents', are the various little dots and squiggles which, in many languages, are written above, below or on top of certain letters of the alphabet to indicate something about their pronunciation.
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What language uses a?

À, à (a-grave) is a letter of the Catalan, Emilian-Romagnol, French, Galician, Italian, Maltese, Occitan, Portuguese, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, and Welsh languages consisting of the letter A of the ISO basic Latin alphabet and a grave accent. À is also used in Pinyin transliteration.
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How is a pronounced?

Phonetically, ⟨â⟩ is traditionally pronounced as /ɑ/, but is nowadays rarely distinguished from /a/ in many dialects such as in Parisian French.
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What's the difference between a and a?

"á and à" are the same, but just "á" does not exist. When using just the character "a", the correct is "à". The pronunciation is practically the same as "o" in "ouch". 2.
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How do you put a circle above a letter?

These keyboard shortcuts will help you display text more accurately in your business documents.
  1. Open a document in Microsoft Word. ...
  2. Press “Ctrl-Shift” and the caret (" ^ ") key and then the letter to insert a circumflex accent.
  3. Press “Ctrl-Shift" and the tilde (" ~ ") key and then the letter to insert a tilde accent.
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How do you put a circle over a letter?

4 ways to put a circle around Letters and Numbers in MS Word
  1. Use the Oval Tool.
  2. Use the Enclose Characters Tool.
  3. Insert a Circle Shape.
  4. Insert Enclosed Alphanumeric Symbols.
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How do you read ā?

In the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, Ā represents the open back unrounded vowel, आ, not to be confused with the similar Devanagari character for the mid central vowel, अ. In the languages other than Sanskrit, Ā is sorted with other A's and is not considered a separate letter.
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Is the D silent in Wednesday?

There is a silent “d” in the word “Wednesday” .
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What is the sound of a?

In Guaraní and Taa, it is pronounced as nasalized open front unrounded vowel ([ã]). In Aromanian, it is pronounced as mid-central vowel ([ə]) or close central unrounded vowel ([ɨ]).
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How do you type an A with an accent?

You'll use the Ctrl or Shift key along with the accent key on your keyboard, followed by a quick press of the letter. For example, to get the á character, you'd press Ctrl+' (apostrophe), release those keys, and then quickly press the A key.
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How do you pronounce æ?

To make the /æ/ sound:

This vowel is a low vowel. Position your tongue low in your mouth, and shift it toward the front. The muscles of your lips and mouth should be relaxed. Vibrate your vocal cords with your mouth in this position.
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What does â sound like?

“â” is pronounced roughly like an English “ah” as in an American “hot” or British “bath”. “ê” is pronounced like an English “eh” as in “get” – the same as if it was “è” with a grave accent. “ô” is pronounced roughly like an English “oh” as in “boat” or “close”. It's the same sound found in the French word au.
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What is this ß?

The letter ß (also known as sharp S, German: Eszett or scharfes S) is a letter in the German alphabet. It is the only German letter that is not part of the basic Latin alphabet. The letter is pronounced [s] (like the "s" in "see") and is not used in any other language.
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What is œ called?

The letters 'OE' are usually combined into a single symbol in French: Œ or œ. When a pair of characters is used in such a way, it is called a digraph. The Œ is pronounced more or less according to the same rules as 'EU'. In general, if it's in an open syllable, it sounds like the 'U' in "full": listen.
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What does an upside down e mean?

Simply put, the schwa is a reduced, neutral vowel sound written as an upside-down and backwards e, ə, in the International Phonetic Alphabet (the universal chart of symbols, representing all the sounds languages make).
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