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Mª incorrectly normalized to Ma instead of María
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Description
The Unicode normalization process is currently apparently "normalizing" the feminine ordinal indicator, code point u00aa, to a lower case "a" when, apparently "Mª" is an abbreviation for "María."
### Evidence / Screenshot (if possible)
If you look at the search results below, you'll find many non-relevant matches. The match for Maria Adela Durango is one of the few correct ones.
### Relevant url?
https://www.fontspace.com/unicode/char/00AA-feminine-ordinal-indicator
https://openlibrary.org/search/authors?q=M%C2%AA&mode=everything
https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL7279613A/Mar%C3%ADa_Adela_Durango
* Actual: "Mª" converted to "ma"
* Expected: "Mª" converted to "maria"
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@cdrini
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