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Revision as of 00:24, 3 November 2012
Using abbreviations is encouraged. These abbreviations should be uniform and consistent.
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Countries
- United States of America should be abbreviated as US without periods, not U.S.A. or U.S.
- United Kingdom should be abbreviated as UK without periods, not U.K. or GB.
Streets and roads
- Street: St
- Avenue: Ave
- Drive: Dr
- Court: Ct
- Road; Rd
- Boulevard: Blvd
- Freeway: Fwy
- Highway: Hwy
- Expressway: Expwy
- Lane: Ln
- Jalan: Jl (Road in Indonesia and Malaysia)
Buildings
- Building: Bldg
- 1st floor: 1F, 2nd floor: 2F, etc
Date and time
See: Wikitravel:Time and date formats
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
- Hour or hours: hr
- Minutes: min
Contact
- Wi-Fi is used for wireless internet using access points (hotspots)
