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This page covers the abbreviations and acronyms used in naming roads in Waze. By following these guidelines the Text-to-speech (TTS) feature will work at its optimum level. If you have questions about these instructions, see the [[Abbreviations_and_acronyms#Further reading|further reading]] at the bottom of this page.
#redirect [[USA:Abbreviations and acronyms]]
 
==Standard suffix abbreviations==
Waze convention is to use suffix abbreviations in street names. ("Main Rd" instead of "Main Road").
 
'''Notes:'''
 
1. Abbreviate only suffixes.
:*"The Avenue", "The Green", etc. should not be abbreviated.   
:*"Circuit Avenue Road" is abbreviated "Circuit Avenue Rd", not "Cct Ave Rd".
:*A road named "Service Road" should not be abbreviated, while "Pipeline Service Road" should be (as "Pipeline Service Rd").
 
2. Suffix abbreviations do ''not'' contain any punctuation, such as "<code>.</code>" (Full-stops) or "<code>-</code>" (Hyphens).
 
3. In the event that the original suffix is a plural (ends in s) and only its singular form is present as an abbreviation, simply add an "s" to the end of the abbreviation.
 
 
Legend:
# TTS = Text To Speech for supported countries.
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:white; font-size:80%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" border="1"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Road Name  '''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|''' Abbreviation  '''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|''' TTS Compatibility  '''
|-
| Alley|| Aly || Yes
|-
| Annex|| Anx|| Yes
|-
| Arcade|| Arc|| Yes
|-
| Avenue|| Ave|| Yes
|-
| Bayoo|| Byu|| Yes
|-
| Beach|| Bch|| Yes
|-
| Bend|| Bnd|| Yes
|-
| Bluff|| Blf|| Yes
|-
| Bottom|| Btm|| Yes
|-
| Boulevard|| Blvd|| Yes
|-
| Branch|| Br|| Yes
|-
| Bridge|| Brg|| Yes
|-
| Broadway|| Bdwy|| Untested
|-
| Brook|| Brk|| Yes
|-
| Brooks||Brks|| Yes
|-
| Burg||Bg|| Incompatible
|-
| Burgs||Bgs|| Untested
|-
| Bypass||Byp|| Yes
|-
| Camp||Cp|| Yes
|-
| Canyon||Cyn|| Yes
|-
| Cape||Cpe|| Untested
|-
| Causeway||Cswy|| Yes
|-
| Center||Ctr|| Yes
|-
| Centers||Ctrs|| Untested
|-
| Circle||Cir|| Yes
|-
| Circles||Cirs|| Untested
|-
| Circuit||Cct|| Untested
|-
| Cliff||Clf|| Untested
|-
| Cliffs||Clfs|| Untested
|-
| Close|| Cl|| Yes
|-
| Club||Clb|| Yes
|-
| Common||Cmn|| Yes
|-
|Commons||Cmns|| Yes
|-
| Corner||Cor|| Untested
|-
| Corners||Cors|| Untested
|-
| Course||Crse|| Yes
|-
| Court|| Ct|| Yes
|-
| Courts||Cts|| Untested
|-
| Cove||Cv|| Incompatible
|-
| Coves||Cvs|| Untested
|-
| Creek||Crk|| Untested
|-
| Crescent||Cres|| Yes
|-
| Crest||Crst|| Yes
|-
| Crossing||Xing|| Yes
|-
| Crossroad||Xrd|| Yes
|-
| Curve||Curv|| Yes
|-
| Dale||Dl|| Yes
|-
| Dam||Dam|| Yes
|-
| Divide||Dv|| Incompatible
|-
| Drive|| Dr|| Yes
|-
| Drives||Drs|| Untested
|-
| Estate||Est|| Untested
|-
| Estates||Ests|| Untested
|-
| Expressway||Expy|| Yes
|-
| Extension||Ext|| Yes
|-
| Extensions||Exts|| Untested
|-
| Fall||Fall|| Untested
|-
| Falls||Fls|| Yes
|-
| Ferry||Fry|| Untested
|-
| Field||Fld|| Untested
|-
| Fields||Flds|| Untested
|-
| Flat||Flt|| Yes
|-
| Flats||Flts|| Untested
|-
| Ford||Frd|| Untested
|-
| Fords||Frds|| Untested
|-
| Forest||Frst|| Untested
|-
| Forge||Frg|| Untested
|-
| Forges||Frgs|| Untested
|-
| Fork||Frk|| Untested
|-
| Forks||Frks|| Untested
|-
| Fort||Ft|| Yes
|-
| Freeway|| Fwy|| Yes
|-
| Garden|| Gdn|| Yes
|-
| Gardens|| Gdns|| Yes
|-
| Gateway||Gtwy|| Yes
|-
| Glen||Gln|| Yes
|-
| Glens||Glns|| Untested
|-
| Green||Grn|| Yes
|-
| Greens||Grns|| Untested
|-
| Grove|| Grv|| Yes
|-
| Groves||Grvs|| Untested
|-
| Harbor||Hbr|| Yes
|-
| Harbors||Hbrs|| Untested
|-
| Haven||Hvn|| Untested
|-
| Heights||Hts|| Yes
|-
| Highway|| Hwy|| Yes
|-
| Hill||Hl|| Yes
|-
| Hills||Hls|| Yes
|-
| Hollow||Holw|| Yes
|-
| Inlet||Inlt|| Yes
|-
| Island||Is|| Untested
|-
| Islands||Iss|| Untested
|-
| Isle||Il|| Yes
|-
| Junction||Jctn|| Yes
|-
| Junctions||Jctns|| Yes
|-
| Key||Key|| Yes
|-
| Keys||Keys|| Yes
|-
| Knoll||Knl|| Yes
|-
| Knolls||Knls|| Yes
|-
| Lake||Lk|| Untested
|-
| Lakes||Lks|| Untested
|-
| Land||Land|| Untested
|-
| Landing||Lndg|| Yes
|-
| Lane|| Ln|| Yes
|-
| Light||Lgt|| Yes
|-
| Lights||Lgts|| Yes
|-
| Loaf||Lf|| Yes
|-
| Lock||Lck|| Yes
|-
| Locks||Lcks|| Yes
|-
| Lodge||Ldg|| Yes
|-
| Loop||Loop|| Yes
|-
| Mall||Mall|| Yes
|-
| Manor||Mnr|| Yes
|-
| Manors||Mnrs|| Yes
|-
| Meadow||Mdw|| Yes
|-
| Meadows||Mdws|| Yes
|-
| Mews||Mews|| Yes
|-
| Mill||Ml|| Untested
|-
| Mills||Mls|| Untested
|-
| Mission||Msn|| Yes
|-
| Motorway||Mtwy|| Yes
|-
| Mount|| Mount|| Yes
|-
| Mountain||Mtn|| Yes
|-
| Mountains||Mtns|| Yes
|-
| Neck||Nck|| Yes
|-
| Orchard||Orch|| Yes
|-
| Oval||Oval|| Yes
|-
| Overpass||Opas|| Yes
|-
| Parade|| Pde|| Yes
|-
| Park|| Pk|| Yes
|-
| Parks||Pks|| Yes
|-
| Parkway||Pkwy|| Yes
|-
| Parkways||Pkwys|| Yes
|-
| Pass||Pass|| Yes
|-
| Passage||Psge|| Yes
|-
| Path||Path|| Yes
|-
| Pike||Pke|| Yes
|-
| Pine||Pne|| Yes
|-
| Pines||Pnes|| Yes
|-
| Place|| Pl|| Yes
|-
| Plain||Pln|| Untested
|-
| Plains||Plns|| Yes
|-
| Plaza||Plz|| Yes
|-
| Point||Pt|| Incompatible
|-
| Points||Pts|| Yes
|-
| Port||Prt|| Yes
|-
| Ports||Prts|| Yes
|-
| Prairie||Prr|| Yes
|-
| Radial||Radl|| Yes
|-
| Ramp||Ramp|| Yes
|-
| Ranch||Rnch|| Yes
|-
| Rapid||Rpd|| Incompatible
|-
| Rapids||Rpds|| Yes
|-
| Rest||Rst|| Untested
|-
| Ridge||Rdge|| Yes
|-
| Ridges||Rdgs|| Untested
|-
| Rise||Rise|| Untested
|-
| River||Riv|| Yes
|-
| Road|| Rd|| Yes
|-
| Roads||Rds|| Untested
|-
| Route||Rte|| Yes
|-
| Row||Row|| Yes
|-
| Rue||Rue|| Yes
|-
| Run||Run|| Yes
|-
| Saint||St.||Yes
|-
| Shoal||Shl|| Yes
|-
| Shoals||Shls|| Yes
|-
| Shore||Shr|| Yes
|-
| Shores||Shrs|| Yes
|-
| Skyway||Skwy|| Yes
|-
| Spring||Spg|| Yes
|-
| Springs||Spgs|| Yes
|-
| Spur||Spur|| Untested
|-
| Square|| Sq|| Yes
|-
| Squares||Sqs|| Yes
|-
| Station||Sta|| Yes
|-
| Stream||Strm|| Yes
|-
| Street|| St|| Yes
|-
| Streets||Sts|| Yes
|-
| Summit||Smt|| Yes
|-
| Terrace|| Ter|| Yes
|-
| Terrace|| Tce|| Yes
|-
| Throughwawy||Thwy|| Yes
|-
| Trace||Trce|| Yes
|-
| Track||Trak|| Yes
|-
| Trafficway||Trfy|| Yes
|-
| Trail||Trl|| Yes
|-
| Tunnel||Tunl|| Yes
|-
| Turnpike||Tpk|| Yes
|-
| Underpass||Upas|| Yes
|-
| Union||Un|| Untested
|-
| Unions||Uns|| Yes
|-
| Valley||Vly|| Yes
|-
| Valleys||Vlys|| Yes
|-
| Viaduct||Vdct|| Yes
|-
| View||Vw|| Yes
|-
| Views||Vws|| Yes
|-
| Village||Vlg|| Yes
|-
| Villages||Vlgs|| Yes
|-
| Ville||Vl|| Untested
|-
| Vista||Vis|| Yes
|-
| Walk||Walk|| Yes
|-
| Wall||Wall|| Yes
|-
| Waters||Wtr|| Untested
|-
| Way||Way|| Yes
|-
| Ways||Ways|| Yes
|-
| Well||Wl|| Yes
|-
| Wells||Wls|| Yes
|}
 
==Further reading==
 
UK editors should see [[How to classify and name roads (United_Kingdom)#Abbreviations|How to classify and name roads (United_Kingdom)]] for UK specific abbreviations, some of which differ.
 
Canadian editors should see [[Canada#Abbreviations]] for Canada-specific abbreviations, some of which differ.
 
=== Forums ===
If you have further questions on this topic, please refer to the following Waze forum for a "Work in progress" list of abbreviations that are being tested, currently available, and proposed:
 
[http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=15178 Test of Text-to-Speech (TTS) Abbreviations in Waze Clients]
 
=== Glossary ===
Refer to the [[Glossary]] page for definitions of many terms used in Waze.

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