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ñ

/ˈeɲe/

interjection/ˈeɲe/

Used by Spanish speakers on the internet to taunt non-Spanish speakers

From n with a nasal dash, which is a medieval shorthand for m or n (e.g. fõtẽ or fōtē for fontem). The sign ñ thus represents nn, the usual Old Spanish spelling for /ɲ/, generalised from words like año, where the sound goes back to Latin -nn-.