"enyay" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: enyays [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish eñe. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|eñe}} Borrowed from Spanish eñe Head templates: {{en-noun}} enyay (plural enyays)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ. Categories (topical): Latin letter names Translations (name of the letter Ñ, ñ): eñe (Basque), eñe (Galician), エニェ (enye) (Japanese), 에녜 (enye) (Korean), enhe (Portuguese), (Rohingya), eñe (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "name of the letter Ñ, ñ",
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      "word": "에녜"
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