The small mark under the letter c in French words such as 'leçon' is called a cedilla.
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Cedilla
/səˈdɪlə/
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California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).
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