A number sign made from an abbreviationSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
№ joins an N with a small o
The numero sign № combines an N with a raised o and derives from Latin numero. English No. also serves as an abbreviation introducing a number. The familiar letters do a different job from the word expressing a negative.
Context tells the letters which job to do.
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