IJ

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The letter combination IJ is:

  • the ligature of the letters I and J. In Dutch it usually represents the diphthong [eɪ] or [ɛɪ], and is sometimes considered be to be a single letter: see IJ (digraph).

When used to represent this digraph, IJ can stand for:

  • IJ (bay), a body of water near Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • several smaller streams in the Netherlands.
  • in genetics, the Y-DNA Haplogroup IJ

As an abbreviation, IJ can stand for:

As a code, IJ can be: