What does the symbol № mean?
I added a Russian keyboard layout to my computer, because I'm learning Russian. On this layout, shift-3 turns up with №. I feel 99% certain this is the Russian equivalent of #, but I have an odd little doubt because when I try to type the symbol into Google, it literally says "Your search - № - did not match any documents.". So logic tells me yes, but Google tells me WTF.
The weird part is that whenever I search up any non-American character from the Russian keyboard, it just turns up with webpages in Russian. But what it's telling me when I search № is that there is literally nothing on the internet that uses that symbol. So even if I'm being an idiot for asking this, can you please help me confirm what it means?
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It means "number"
Technically, it's called the "numero sign" or the "numero symbol" if you're keen to google for more information.
It is formed by an uppercase "N" and a superscript lowercase "o" that is sometimes underlined. Although the letter "N" is not in the Cyrillic alphabet, the numero sign is typeset in Russian publishing, and is available on Russian computer and typewriter keyboards.
It's the same thing as #. For example # 4 = № 4
Are you serious?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numero_sign