A small a can mark an ordinalSourced
Spain · English meaning
Spanish 1.ª abbreviates a feminine form
Spanish primera can be abbreviated as 1.ª. The raised a helps represent the feminine ordinal form, with a period before it. Like English 1st, it introduces grammatical information around an otherwise familiar digit.
The digit keeps company with the language’s grammar.
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