Wikitravel:Abbreviations

Shortcut: Abbrev In the body text of articles, the first occurrence of a term to be abbreviated should be spelt out in full with the abbreviation to be used in the rest of the article following immediately afterwards in parentheses. An exception to this rule are those abbreviations and formats listed here and at Wikitravel:Currency, Wikitravel:Time and date formats and Wikitravel:Measurements Abbreviations should be uniform and consistent and generally should not include full stops or periods. In prose, do not use an ampersand (&) instead of spelling out and in full. Using abbreviations is especially encouraged in listings. Editors may want to choose the appropriate abbreviation from those below which are both widely understood and unambiguous. However, don't knock yourself out "correcting" Rt to Rte - there is more important work to be done in plunging forward and writing an up-to-date and accurate free Travel Guide! Currencies See: Wikitravel:Currency Dates and times See: Wikitravel:Time and date formats Facilities Air conditioning: air-con Dormitory: dorm Double: dbl Single: sgl Wireless internet using access points (hotspots): Wi-Fi Geographical North: N East: E South: S West: W Addresses Avenue: Ave Boulevard: Blvd Corner: Cnr Crescent: Cres Drive: Dr Expressway: Expy Freeway: Fwy Highway: Hwy Jalan: Jl (Road in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) Junction: Jct Lane: Ln Mount: Mt Mountain: Mtn Park: Pk Place: Pl Road: Rd Route: Rte Street: St Square: Sq Turnpike: Tpke Buildings Building: Bldg 1st floor: 1F, 2nd floor: 2F, etc US routes Numbered highways in the US may be abbreviated like the following examples: Interstates: I-80 National highways: US-395 State highways: CA-49 For county routes or other smaller roads, spell them out completely. Measurements See: Wikitravel:Measurements kilometre or kilometres: km metre or metres: m centimetre or centimetres: cm mile or miles: mi inch or inches: in Celsius: °C Fahrenheit: °F year or years: yr month or months: mo hour or hours: hr minutes: min See also Wikitravel:Spelling