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| == Abbreviations widely used in Wikipedia ==
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| Wikipedia has found it both practical and efficient to use the following abbreviations, although some can often be replaced by unabbreviated equivalents (''that is'' for ''i.e.'', ''namely'' for ''viz.'', and so on). Versions of non-acronym abbreviations that do not end in stops (periods) are [[WP:ENGVAR|more common in British than North American English]], and are always abbreviations that compress a word while retaining its first and last letters, rather than truncating. That said, US military ranks are often given without this punctuation. The Manual of Style on abbreviations, above, eschews the use of periods with acronyms ({{!xt|M.D.}}, {{!xt|Ph.D.}}).
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| <!-- This is not an index of every abbreviation, merely a guide on how and which abbreviations should be used in Wikipedia articles. -->
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| ! Word(s) !! Abbreviation
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| ! colspan="2"| Places
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| | [[Avenue (landscape)|Avenue]] || Ave.
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| | [[Boulevard]] || Blvd. or Blvd
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| | [[East]] || E. or E {{Small|(use only in street addresses, not in other text)}}
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| | [[Freeway]] || Fwy. or Fwy {{small|(the term is not generally used outside of North America)}}
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| | [[Highway]] || Hwy. or Hwy {{small|(the term is not generally used outside of North America)}}
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| | [[Motorway]] || Mwy {{small|(the term is not generally used in North America)}}
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| | [[Mountain]] || Mtn. or Mtn
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| | Mount || Mt. or Mt
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| | [[North]] || N. or N {{Small|(use only in street addresses, not in other text)}}
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| | North East or [[Northeast]] || N.E. or NE {{Small|(use only in street addresses, not in other text)}}
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| | North West or [[Northwest]] || N.W. or NW {{Small|(use only in street addresses, not in other text)}}
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| | [[Road]] || Rd. or Rd
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| | [[South]] || S. or S {{Small|(use only in street addresses, not in other text)}}
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| | South East or [[cardinal direction#Additional points|Southeast]] || S.E. or SE {{Small|(use only in street addresses, not in other text)}}
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| | South West or [[cardinal direction#Additional points|Southwest]] || S.W. or SW {{Small|(use only in street addresses, not in other text)}}
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| | [[Street]] || St. or St
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| | [[West]] || W. or W {{Small|(use only in street addresses, not in other text)}}
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| ! colspan="2"| Organisation name elements
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| | [[Academy]] || Acad.
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| | [[Association]] || Assn. or Assn
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| | Associates || Assoc.
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| | [[College]] || Coll.
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| | [[Company]] || Co.
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| | [[Corporation]] || Corp.
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| | [[Doing business as]] || d.b.a. or DBA (avoid {{!xt|d/b/a}} and {{!xt|D/B/A}}; these are obsolete)
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| | [[Incorporation (business)|Incorporated]] || Inc.
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| | [[Institute]]/[[Institution]] || Inst.
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| | [[Limited]] || Ltd. or Ltd
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| | [[Limited liability company]] (or partnership) || LLC (LLP)
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| | [[Public limited company]] || PLC
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| | [[Manufacturing]] || Mfg. or Mfg
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| | Press || Pr.
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| | Publications || Pub., Pubs., Pubs
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| | [[Publisher|Publishing]] || Pubg. or Pubg
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| | [[University]] || Univ., U. or Uni.
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| | [[Bachelor of Arts]] {{small|(''Artium Baccalaureus'')}} || BA or AB
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| | [[Bachelor of Laws]] {{small|(''Legum Baccalaureus'')}} || LLB
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| | [[Bachelor of Science]] || BS or BSc
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| | [[Master of Arts]] || MA or AM
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| | [[Master of Science]] || MS or MSc
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| | [[Captain]] || Capt.
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| | [[Colonel]] || Col. or Col
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| | [[Commander]] || Cmdr., Cmdr, Cdr or Comdr
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| | [[Corporal]] || Cpl. or Cpl
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| | [[Doctor]] || Dr. or Dr
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| | [[Doctor of Medicine]] {{small|(''Medicinæ Doctor'')}} || MD
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| | [[Doctor of Philosophy]] {{small|(''Philosophiæ Doctor'')}} || PhD
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| | [[General]] || Gen.
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| | [[Honorable]] || Hon.
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| | [[Right Honourable]] || Rt. Hon. or Rt Hon.
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| | [[Junior]] || Jnr (not to be confused with [[WP:JR|Jr.]])
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| | [[Lieutenant]] || Lt. or Lt
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| | [[Monsignor]] || Mons., Msgr. or Msgr
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| | [[Registered nurse]] || RN
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| | [[Reverend]] || Rev. or Revd
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| | [[Saint]] || St. or St
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| | [[Senior]] || Snr (not to be confused with [[WP:JR|Sr.]])
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| | [[Sergeant]] || Sgt. or Sgt
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| | [[Master sergeant]] || MSgt. or MSgt
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| | [[Staff sergeant]] || SSgt. or SSgt
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| | [[Technical sergeant]] || TSgt. or TSgt
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| ==Special considerations== | | ==Special considerations== |
