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 the world's most complete and accurate free travel guide!
Addresses, etc.
[edit]- 1F is "1st floor", 2F is "2nd floor", etc.
- East, North, South, and West: E, N, S, W (can also be combined into NE for Northeast, etc.)
- But don't abbreviate if it's the name of the street! Use "101 E Main St", but "202 East Ave".
- You can also avoid confusing by not abbreviating when used with streets whose names are letters: "Ave Q East" rather than "Ave Q E", and "East D St" rather than "E D St"
- Avenue: Ave
- Building: Bldg
- Boulevard: Blvd
- Drive: Dr
- Expressway: Expy
- Freeway: Fwy
- Highway: Hwy
- Jalan: Jl (Road in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore)
- Lane: Ln
- Mount/Mountain: Mt
- Parkway: Pkwy
- Place: Pl
- Road: Rd
- Route: Rte
- Square: Sq
- Street: St
U.S. routes
[edit]Numbered highways in the U.S. are abbreviated as follows:
- Interstates: I-80
- National highways: US-395
- State highways: CA-49
- For county routes or other smaller roads, spell it out completely.
Australian/New Zealand routes
[edit]Numbered highways in some states of Australia are abbreviated as follows:
- National Highways: NH 87 or Hwy 87
- National Routes: NR 17 or Hwy 17
- State Routes: SR 142 or Hwy 142
- For alternate State Routes, add an "Alt-" before the route number (e.g. Alt-SR 89)
- Tourist Drives: TD33
- For alphanumeric routes or other smaller roads, spell it out completely (e.g. C327 or Newell Highway).
- New Zealand State Highways: SH16
Countries
[edit]Some country abbreviations include periods while others do not:
- "United Kingdom" should be abbreviated as UK without full stops, not U.K. (and not G.B. or GB, which is not coterminous with the UK)
- "United States of America" is an exception to our general rule that abbreviations should not include full stops or periods and should be abbreviated as U.S. (with periods)
- "United Arab Emirates" should also be abbreviated similar to the UK as UAE.
- "Papua New Guinea" should be abbreviated without full stops, similar to the UK and the UAE as PNG.
States and provinces
[edit]Because many of our readers aren't familiar with state and provincial abbreviations, generally it is preferred to spell out their names: for example, use "Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota" instead of "MA, MD, MN"; "Western Australia, Queensland", instead of "WA, Qld"; and "New Brunswick, Alberta", instead of "NB, AB".
Currencies
[edit]See: Wikivoyage:Currency
Dates and times
[edit]See: Wikivoyage:Time and date formats
Facilities
[edit]- Wi-Fi is used for wireless Internet using access points (hotspots) (not WiFi nor Wifi)