Why is it called a U turn and not an n turn

Basically the title but when we do a "U" turn we actually make a small n not a U.

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I honestly think it's just because U turn is easier to say than n turn. Because U is a vowel, it doesn't require the glottal stop that's in n(stop)turn.

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