aa
Represents the Scandinavian letter å (a with ring above), commonly used in Nordic languages and names.
Overview
Essential for accurately typesetting Nordic text, particularly in Swedish, Norwegian, and other Scandinavian languages where the å character is a distinct letter of the alphabet.
- Appears frequently in academic writing involving Nordic names, places, or references
- Used in bibliographies and citations containing Scandinavian authors
- Important for maintaining proper orthography in linguistics and international documents
- Can be capitalized using the \AA command for proper nouns
Examples
Writing the Swedish city Malmö in LaTeX.
Malm\text{\aa}Referencing the scientific journal Angewandte Chemie in text.
\text{Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. (\aa)}Displaying the unit Ångström in a scientific measurement.
\text{Crystal size: 50\,\aa}