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| ==Other Abbreviations==
| | #redirect [[USA:Abbreviations and acronyms]] |
| ''' ''Prefixes, directional abbreviations and other (non-suffix) abbreviations should not be used, except for state/ territory abbreviations & country abbreviations; under ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.'' '''
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| 1. Prefix abbreviations include: Mount (Mt.), and Saint (St.)
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| Note: Mount (Mt.) is not the same as Mountain (Mtn.).
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| :*Although they are common, can cause issues as variation and overlap exists between naming, usage, and prefix standards (I.e. What words to, and how to, abbreviate).
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| :*Therefore a lake named "Lake Clair" would not be abbreviated, while if its documented name was "Clair Lake" it would be.
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| 2. Directional abbreviations include: East (E), South West (SW), Central (CN), Upper (UP), and Lower (LR).
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| :*In addition to not being abbreviated, directions should only be included when they are a part of the documented name, and not a suffix or prefix added at a later stage to describe location or orientation/ direction.
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| 3. Other abbreviations include: Island (Is.), Quay (Qy), Reserve (Res) and Tunnel (Tunl).
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| :*These are acceptable to be used when they are a suffix, but not acceptable when they are place names.
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| :*Therefore "King-Tunnel Road" should have tunnel spelt in full, as it refers to a tunnel. While "Queen Tunnel-Road" could have tunnel abbreviated, as tunnel refers to the type of roadway, and is a part of the suffix.
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| :*Likewise an Island named "Island Island" would be abbreviated to Island Is.
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| 4. The exception to the above is abbreviations for states and or territories; and countries with their three character abbreviation. These contain correct punctuation. Other regions do not fall under this category.
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| :*For example: California would be abbreviated to C.A. not CA and Victoria to VIC.
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| :*Country abbreviations are done under "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3". Further information can be found on Wikipedia. ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3 ISO 3166:])
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| :*Other regions include that of Suburbs, Districts, Localities, Shires and special purpose areas. (I.e. Indigenous, Military and Airport areas.) | |
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| ==Standard Suffix Abbreviations==
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| Waze convention is to use suffix abbreviations in street names. ("Main Rd" instead of "Main Road").
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| '''Notes:'''
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| 1. Only abbreviate suffixes.
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| :*"The Avenue", "The Green ", and etc. should not be abbreviated.
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| :*"Circuit Avenue Road" would be abbreviated to Circuit Avenue Rd and not "Cct Ave Rd"
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| :*A road named "Service way" should not be abbreviated, while "Pipeline Service way" should be.
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| 2. Suffix abbreviations do not contain any punctuation, such as "." (Full-stops) or "-" (Hyphens).
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| 3. In the event that the original suffix is a plural (I.e contains a "s" at the end) and only its singular form is present as an abbreviation, simply add an "s" to the end of the abbreviation.
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| Legend:
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| # TTS = Text To Speech for supported countries.
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:white; font-size:80%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" border="1"
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| | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Road Name '''
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| | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|''' Abbreviation '''
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| | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|''' TTS Compatibility '''
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| | Alley|| Aly || Yes
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| |-
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| | Annex|| Anx|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Arcade|| Arc|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Avenue|| Ave|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Bayoo|| Byu|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Beach|| Bch|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Bend|| Bnd|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Bluff|| Blf|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Bottom|| Btm|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Boulevard|| Blvd|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Branch|| Br|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Bridge|| Brg|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Broadway|| Bdwy|| Untested
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| |-
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| | Brook|| Brk|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Brooks||Brks|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Burg||Bg|| Incompatible
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| |-
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| | Burgs||Bgs|| Untested
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| |-
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| | Bypass||Byp|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Camp||Cp|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Canyon||Cyn|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Cape||Cpe|| Untested
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| |-
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| | Causeway||Cswy|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Center||Ctr|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Centers||Ctrs|| Untested
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| |-
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| | Circle||Cir|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Circles||Cirs|| Untested
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| |-
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| | Cliff||Clf|| Untested
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| |-
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| | Cliffs||Clfs|| Untested
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| |-
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| | Close|| Cl|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Club||Clb|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Common||Cmn|| Untested
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| | Corner||Cor|| Untested
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| | Corners||Cors|| Untested
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| | Course||Crse|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Court|| Ct|| Yes
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| | Courts||Cts|| Untested
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| | Cove||Cv|| Incompatible
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| | Coves||Cvs|| Untested
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| | Creek||Crk|| Untested
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| |-
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| | Crescent||Cres|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Crest||Crst|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Crossing||Xing|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Crossroad||Xrd|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Curve||Curv|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Dale||Dl|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Dam||Dam|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Divide||Dv|| Incompatible
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| | Drive|| Dr|| Yes
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| | Drives||Drs|| Untested
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| | Estate||Est|| Untested
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| | Estates||Ests|| Untested
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| | Expressway||Expy|| Yes
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| |-
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| | Extension||Ext|| Yes
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| | Extensions||Exts|| Untested
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| | Fall||Fall|| Untested
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| | Falls||Fls|| Yes
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| | Ferry||Fry|| Untested
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| | Field||Fld|| Untested
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| | Fields||Flds|| Untested
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| | Flat||Flt|| Yes
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| | Flats||Flts|| Untested
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| | Ford||Frd|| Untested
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| | Fords||Frds|| Untested
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| | Forest||Frst|| Untested
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| | Forge||Frg|| Untested
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| | Forges||Frgs|| Untested
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| | Fork||Frk|| Untested
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| | Forks||Frks|| Untested
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| | Fort||Ft|| Yes
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| | Freeway|| Fwy|| Yes
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| | Garden|| Gdn|| Yes
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| | Gardens|| Gdns|| Yes
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| | Gateway||Gtwy|| Yes
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| | Glen||Gln|| Yes
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| | Glens||Glns|| Untested
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| | Green||Grn|| Yes
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| | Greens||Grns|| Untested
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| | Grove|| Grv|| Yes
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| | Groves||Grvs|| Untested
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| | Harbor||Hbr|| Yes
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| | Harbors||Hbrs|| Untested
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| | Haven||Hvn|| Untested
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| | Heights||Hts|| Yes
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| | Highway|| Hwy|| Yes
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| | Hill||Hl|| Yes
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| | Hills||Hls|| Yes
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| | Hollow||Holw|| Yes
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| | Inlet||Inlt|| Yes
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| | Island||Is|| Untested
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| | Islands||Iss|| Untested
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| | Isle||Il|| Yes
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| | Junction||Jctn|| Yes
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| | Junctions||Jctns|| Yes
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| | Key||Key|| Yes
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| | Keys||Keys|| Yes
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| | Knoll||Knl|| Yes
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| | Knolls||Knls|| Yes
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| | Lake||Lk|| Untested
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| | Lakes||Lks|| Untested
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| | Land||Land|| Untested
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| | Landing||Lndg|| Yes
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| | Lane|| Ln|| Yes
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| | Light||Lgt|| Yes
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| | Lights||Lgts|| Yes
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| | Loaf||Lf|| Yes
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| | Lock||Lck|| Yes
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| | Locks||Lcks|| Yes
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| | Lodge||Ldg|| Yes
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| | Loop||Loop|| Yes
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| | Mall||Mall|| Yes
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| | Manor||Mnr|| Yes
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| | Manors||Mnrs|| Yes
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| | Meadow||Mdw|| Yes
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| | Meadows||Mdws|| Yes
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| | Mews||Mews|| Yes
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| | Mill||Ml|| Untested
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| | Mills||Mls|| Untested
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| | Mission||Msn|| Yes
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| | Motorway||Mtwy|| Yes
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| | Mount|| Mount|| Yes
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| | Mountain||Mtn|| Yes
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| | Mountains||Mtns|| Yes
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| | Neck||Nck|| Yes
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| | Orchard||Orch|| Yes
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| | Oval||Oval|| Yes
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| | Overpass||Opas|| Yes
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| | Parade|| Pde|| Yes
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| | Park|| Pk|| Yes
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| | Parks||Pks|| Yes
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| | Parkway||Pky|| Yes
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| | Parkways||Pkys|| Yes
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| | Pass||Pass|| Yes
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| | Passage||Psge|| Yes
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| | Path||Path|| Yes
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| | Pike||Pke|| Yes
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| | Pine||Pne|| Yes
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| | Pines||Pnes|| Yes
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| | Place|| Pl|| Yes
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| | Plain||Pln|| Untested
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| | Plains||Plns|| Yes
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| | Plaza||Plz|| Yes
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| | Point||Pt|| Untested
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| | Points||Pts|| Yes
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| | Port||Prt|| Yes
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| | Ports||Prts|| Yes
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| | Prairie||Prr|| Yes
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| | Radial||Radl|| Yes
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| | Ramp||Ramp|| Yes
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| | Ranch||Rnch|| Yes
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| | Rapid||Rpd|| Incompatible
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| | Rapids||Rpds|| Yes
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| | Rest||Rst|| Untested
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| | Ridge||Rdge|| Yes
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| | Ridges||Rdgs|| Untested
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| | Rise||Rise|| Untested
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| | River||Riv|| Yes
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| | Road|| Rd|| Yes
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| | Roads||Rds|| Untested
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| | Route||Rte|| Yes
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| | Row||Row|| Yes
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| | Rue||Rue|| Yes
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| | Run||Run|| Yes
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| | Shoal||Shl|| Yes
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| | Shoals||Shls|| Yes
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| | Shore||Shr|| Yes
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| | Shores||Shrs|| Yes
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| | Skyway||Skwy|| Yes
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| | Spring||Spg|| Yes
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| | Springs||Spgs|| Yes
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| | Spur||Spur|| Untested
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| | Square|| Sq|| Yes
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| | Squares||Sqs|| Yes
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| | Station||Sta|| Yes
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| | Stream||Strm|| Yes
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| | Street|| St|| Yes
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| | Streets||Sts|| Yes
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| | Summit||Smt|| Yes
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| | Terrace|| Ter|| Yes
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| | Throughwawy||Thwy|| Yes
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| | Trace||Trce|| Yes
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| | Track||Trak|| Yes
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| | Trafficway||Trfy|| Yes
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| | Trail||Trl|| Yes
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| | Tunnel||Tunl|| Yes
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| | Turnpike||Tpk|| Yes
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| | Underpass||Upas|| Yes
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| | Union||Un|| Untested
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| | Unions||Uns|| Yes
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| | Valley||Vly|| Yes
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| | Valleys||Vlys|| Yes
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| | Viaduct||Vdct|| Yes
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| | View||Vw|| Yes
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| | Views||Vws|| Yes
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| | Village||Vlg|| Yes
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| | Villages||Vlgs|| Yes
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| | Ville||Vl|| Untested
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| | Vista||Vis|| Yes
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| | Walk||Walk|| Yes
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| | Wall||Wall|| Yes
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| | Waters||Wtr|| Untested
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| | Way||Way|| Yes
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| | Ways||Ways|| Yes
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| | Well||Wl|| Yes
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| | Wells||Wls|| Yes
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| ==Further Reading==
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| === Forums ===
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| Please refer to the following Waze forum for a "Work in progress" list of abbreviations that are being tested, currently available, and proposed:
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| [http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=15178 Test of Text-to-Speech (TTS) Abbreviations in Waze Clients]
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| === Glossary ===
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| Refer to the [[Glossary]] page for definitions of many terms used in Waze.
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