pers eded ▁by ▁, ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁standard ize ▁on ▁a ▁one - word ▁name , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁a ▁name ▁consisting ▁of ▁two ▁words . ▁Using ▁ ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁letter ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁new est ▁proposed ▁changes ▁specified ▁by ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁new ▁common ▁orth ography . ▁Z ▁The ▁name ▁for ▁ ▁is ▁ ▁( former ly ▁, ▁pron ounced ▁the ▁same ). ▁In ▁older ▁Spanish , ▁it ▁was ▁called ▁▁ ▁or ▁, ▁and ▁the ▁dimin utive ▁form ▁of ▁this ▁word , ▁ced illa , ▁is ▁now ▁used ▁in ▁both ▁Spanish ▁and ▁English ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁dia crit ic ▁mark ▁exhib ited ▁in ▁the ▁letter ▁. ▁ ▁Other ▁characters ▁Besides ▁the ▁letters , ▁other ▁characters ▁are ▁spe cially ▁associated ▁with ▁Spanish - language ▁texts : ▁ ▁The ▁currency ▁symbols ▁of ▁Spanish - language ▁countries : ▁ ▁( cent avo ), ▁ ▁( col ón ), ▁ ▁( pes eta ), ▁ ▁( pes o ), ▁ ▁( Par agu ay an ▁gu aran í ) ▁ ▁, ▁abbre viation ▁of ▁cada ▁una ▁(' each ▁one ') ▁▁ ▁and ▁ ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁abbre vi ations ▁like ▁ 1 . º , ▁ 1 . ª ▁(' first ') ▁or ▁D . ª ▁(" do ña "); ▁in ▁ord inal ▁numbers ▁they ▁match ▁the ▁gram mat ical ▁gender ▁of ▁the ▁n oun ▁being ▁modified : ▁mascul ine ▁ ▁and ▁femin ine ▁. ▁N . º ▁( n ú mer o , ▁' number