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| The content below while mostly accurate has changed in the interim, since the Samantha voice has been replaced with Jane. The entire page will be rebuilt shortly with fully accurate content pending the completion of new ongoing testing and modification of the TTS engine. Before making any changes to this page, please bring up the issue in the [http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=129&t=15178 TTS testing forum thread].}}
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| This page covers the abbreviations and acronyms used in naming roads in Waze.
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| {{LocalLinkBox|* {{Australia|Abbreviations and acronyms (Australia)}}
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| * {{Canada|Canada#Abbreviations}}
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| * {{Colombia|Nombres_de_Vías_y_Ciudades_en_Colombia#Uso_de_abreviaturas}}
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| * {{Ireland|How_to_label_and_name_roads_(Ireland)#Abbreviations}}
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| * {{New Zealand|Abbreviations and acronyms (NZ)}}
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| * {{South Africa|Abbreviations and acronyms (South Africa)}}
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| * {{United Kingdom|United_Kingdom/Roads#Abbreviations}}
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| * {{USA|/USA}}
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| }}
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| The list on this page and in the links at the bottom of the page have only been tested for the English USA "Samantha" voice. While they should also apply to the English USA "Tom" voice, they have not been tested with any other voice.
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| {{mbox|type=important|text={{red|For fully accurate updated information which has been tested, and is recommended for use with the new Jane voice please see the [[/USA|new article]] being developed.}}}}
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| By following these guidelines the Text-to-speech (TTS) feature will work at its optimum level. For local guidance, and if you have questions about these instructions, see the [[Abbreviations_and_acronyms#Further reading|further reading]] at the bottom of this page.
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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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| # Abbreviate only suffixes.
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| #*"The Avenue", "The Green", etc. should not be abbreviated.
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| #*"Circuit Avenue Road" is abbreviated "Circuit Avenue Rd", not "Cct Ave Rd".
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| #*A road named "Service Road" should not be abbreviated, while "Pipeline Service Road" should be (as "Pipeline Service Rd").
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| # Suffix abbreviations do ''not'' contain any punctuation, such as "<code>.</code>" (Full-stops) or "<code>-</code>" (Hyphens).
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| # In the event that the original suffix is a plural (ends in s) and only its singular form is present as an abbreviation, simply adding an "s" to the end of the abbreviation may or may not work as expected unless specified below.
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| # When 'N', 'S', 'E', or 'W' should NOT be pronounced as compass directions, enclose the letter in single quotes.
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| #* George 'W' Bush Blvd
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| #* West 'W' Lee Ave
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| # If your question is not answered here, please ask in the [//www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=129&t=15178 TTS testing topic on the waze forums]
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| # As of 2015-03-18, some entries in this table are no longer valid. They will be updated when resources are available.
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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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| | Annex|| Anx|| Yes
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| | Arcade|| Arc|| Yes
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| | Avenue|| Ave|| Yes
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| | Bayoo|| Byu|| Yes
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| | Beach|| Bch|| Yes
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| | Bend|| Bnd|| Yes
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| | Bluff|| Blf|| Yes
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| | Bottom|| Btm|| Yes
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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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| | 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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| | Circuit||Cct|| 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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| | Close|| Cl|| Yes
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| | Club||Clb|| Yes
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| | Common||Cmn|| Yes
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| |Commons||Cmns|| Yes
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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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| | 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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| | Crossing||Xing|| Yes
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| | Crossroad||Xrd|| Yes
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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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| | 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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| | 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|| Mt|| 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||Pkwy|| Yes
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| | Parkways||Pkwys|| 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|| Incompatible
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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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| | Saint||St.||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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| | Terrace|| Tce|| Yes
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| | Throughway||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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| | Upper||Uppr||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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| Many communities have localized guidance for how, when, and which abbreviations to use. The Waze app is also localized and will react to abbreviations differently in various countries. Please be sure to check the local guidance for your community.
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| {{LocalLinkBox|* {{Australia|Abbreviations and acronyms (Australia)}}
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| * {{Canada|Canada#Abbreviations}}
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| * {{Colombia|Nombres_de_Vías_y_Ciudades_en_Colombia#Uso_de_abreviaturas}}
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| * {{Ireland|How_to_label_and_name_roads_(Ireland)#Abbreviations}}
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| * {{New Zealand|Abbreviations and acronyms (NZ)}}
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| * {{South Africa|Abbreviations and acronyms (South Africa)}}
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| * {{United Kingdom|United_Kingdom/Roads#Abbreviations}}
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| * {{USA|/USA}}
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| }}
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| <!--USA editors should see the [[/USA|new USA subpage]] for the NEW TTS GUIDANCE applicable in the US.
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| Canadian editors should see [[Canada#Abbreviations]] for Canada-specific abbreviations, some of which differ.
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| UK editors should see [[United_Kingdom/Roads#Abbreviations]] for UK specific abbreviations, some of which differ.
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| Irish editors should see [[How_to_label_and_name_roads_(Ireland)#Abbreviations]] for Ireland specific abbreviations, some of which differ.-->
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| === Forums ===
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| 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:
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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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