Appendix:Spanish terms beginning with ñ
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The Spanish alphabet includes the 26 letters of the English alphabet as well as Ñ/ñ, known as eñe. Starting a word with this letter is very rare and represents the phoneme /ɲ/, the voiced palatal nasal.
- ña: a colloqual clipping of señora, cf. “ñor” below
- ñajo: a colloqualism in Spain for brat
- ñam: an interjection meaning “yum”
- ñam ñam ñam: an onomatopoeia for “nom nom nom”
- ñame: yam
- ñamoli: the plant Phytolacca octandra
- ñandú: ostrich
- ñángara: a derogatory term in parts of Latin America for “left-winger”
- ñangotar: “”
- ñaña: “”
- ñañaras: “”
- ñáñigo: “”
- ñañita: “”
- ñaño: “”
- ñapa: “”
- ñatita: “”
- ñato: “”
- ñau: “”
- ñeco
- Ñeembucú
- ñeembuqueño
- ñefle
- ñema
- Ñemby
- ñembyense
- ñengo: Mexican slang for “sick, weakly”, used as an adjective and noun
- ñeque
- ñero
- ñew
- ñire
- ñirre
- ñisñil
- ñoba
- ñoco
- ñoñear
- ñoñería
- ñoño
- ñoquera
- ñoqui
- ñor: a colloqual clipping of “señor”, cf. “ña” above
- ñorsa
- ñorso
- ñu
- ñublense
- ñublino
- ñublo
- ñubloso
- ñuco
- ñudo
- ñudoso
- Ñuñoa
- ñusta