# Å

| Å | U+00C5, &#197; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE |
| Composition: | A [U+0041] + ◌̊ [U+030A] |
| ← Ä [U+00C4] | Latin-1 Supplement | Æ → [U+00C6] |
| Å | U+212B, &#8491; ANGSTROM SIGN |
| Composition: | A [U+0041] + ◌̊ [U+030A] |
| ← K [U+212A] | Letterlike Symbols | ℬ → [U+212C] |

## Translingual
### Symbol

Å
* (metrology) Symbol for angstrom/ångström.
    Coordinate term: μ (micron)

#### Usage notes

The Unicode Standard states that Å (U+212B ANGSTROM SIGN) is included in Unicode only for backward compatibility reasons. To represent angstroms, Å (U+00C5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE) is preferred.

## Chamorro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ/

### Letter

Å (lower case å)
* The third letter of the Chamorro alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) ʼ, A a, Å å, B b, Ch ch, D d, E e, F f, G g, Gu gu, H h, I i, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Y y

## Danish
### Letter

Å (lower case å)
* The ultimate (29th) letter of the Danish alphabet. Before its introduction in 1948, the digraph Aa / aa was used. To distinguish between the two forms, "Å" is referred to as "bolle-å" and "Aa" as "dobbelt-a".

#### Inflection
### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å

### References

* “Å” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Elfdalian
### Alternative forms

* Å, ᛡ (Dalecarlian runes)

### Letter

Å (upper case Å, lower case å)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish Å.

### Letter

Å (upper case, lower case å)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ruotsalainen oo and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Despite being part of the Finnish alphabet, the letter is only used in Scandinavian names. As a result, it is often seen as a symbol of the Swedish language (which is also an official language in Finland, although not without controversy).

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

## Norwegian
### Letter

Å (upper case Å, lower case å)
* the last letter of the Norwegian alphabet

### Proper noun

Å
* A village in Trøndelag, Norway, between Meldal and Rennebu
* A village in Nordland, Norway, in Lofoten

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ɔ/

### Letter

Å (lower case å)
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

## Swedish
### Etymology

From two a’s written on top of each other; compare ä and ö.

### Pronunciation
#### Letter name, noun, preposition

* IPA: /oː/, [oə̯]

#### Phoneme

* IPA: /oː/, /ɔ/

### Letter

Å (upper case, lower case å)
* The third to last letter of the Swedish alphabet, called å and written in the Latin script.

#### Derived terms

* Åp-höjd (“body height”)

### See also

* Aͤ