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macronā

A straight bar over the vowel marking length. Latvian calls it garumzīme and uses ā ē ī ū, Lithuanian has only ū, and outside Europe it is the Māori tohutō and the Hawaiian kahakō. It is a letterform, not an overline or an underscore.

Combining mark: U+0304

Letters with macron

How to type macron

Mac
Option+a (ABC. Extended) then a
Linux Compose
Compose - a

Languages that use macron

Other accent marks