World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)
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Abbreviations
This glossary provides a
comprehensive guide to
the abbreviations used in
this atlas.
abbrev. abbreviation
Afgh. Afghanistan
Amh. Amharic
anc. ancient
Ar. Arabic
Arm. Armenia/Armenian
Aus. Austria
Aust. Australia
Az. Azerbaijan
Bas. Basque
Bel. Belorussian
Belg. Belgium/Belgian
Bos. & Herz. Bosnia &
Herzegovina
Bul. Bulgarian
Bulg. Bulgaria
Bur. Burmese
C Central
C. Cape
Cam. Cambodian
Cast. Castilian
Chin. Chinese
Cord. Cordillera (Sp. mts.)
Cz. Czech
Czech Rep. Czech Republic
D.C. District of Columbia
Dan. Danish
Dominican Rep. Dominican
Republic
E East
Emb. Embalse
Eng. English
Eq. Guinea Equatorial Guinea
Est. Estonia/Estonian
Faer. Faeroese
Fin. Finland/Finnish
Flem. Flemish
Fr. France/French
Geo. Georgia
Geor. Georgian
Ger. Germany/German
Gk. Greek
Heb. Hebrew
Hung. Hungary/Hungarian
I. Island
Ind. Indonesia, Indonesian
Is. Islands
It. Italian
Kaz. Kazakhstan/Kazakh
Kep. Kepulauan (Ind. island
group)
Kir. Kirghiz
Kor. Korean
Kos. Kosovo
Kurd. Kurdish
Kyrgy. Kyrgyzstan
L. Lake, Lago
Lat. Latvia
Latv. Latvian
Leb. Lebanon
Liech. Liechtenstein
Lith. Lithuania/Lithuanian
Lux. Luxembourg
Mac. Macedonia
Med. Sea Mediterranean Sea
Mon. Montenegro
Mold. Moldova
Mt. Mount/Mountain
Mts. Mountains
N North
N. Korea North Korea
Neth. Netherlands
NW Northwest
NZ New Zealand
P. Pulau (Ind. island)
Peg. Pegunungan (Ind.
mountain range)
Per. Persian
Pol. Poland/Polish
Port. Portugal, Portuguese
prev. previously
R. River, Rio, Río
Res. Reservoir
Rom. Romania/Romanian
Rus. Russian
Russ. Fed. Russian Federation
S South
S. Korea South Korea
SA South Africa
SCr. Serbian and Croatian
Serb. Serbia
Slvka. Slovakia
Slvna. Slovenia
Som. Somali
Sp. Spanish
St, St. Saint
Str. Strait
Swed. Swedish
Switz. Switzerland
Tajik. Tajikistan
Th. Thai
Turk. Turkish
Turkm. Turkmen
Turkmen. Turkmenistan
U.A.E. United Arab Emirates
UK United Kingdom
Ukr. Ukrainian
Urug. Uruguayan
US United States of America
Uzb. Uzbek
Uzbek. Uzbekistan
var. variant
Vdkhr. Vodokhranilishche
(Rus. reservoir)
Vdskh. Vodoskhovyshche
(Ukr. reservoir)
Ven. Venezuela
W West
W. Sahara Western Sahara
Wel. Welsh
Yu go. Yugoslavia
Zamb. Zambian