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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Abbreviations for Continents, Countries, and Ethnic Groups
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Abbreviations for Continents, Countries, and Ethnic Groups
Continents
Africa (AF)
Antarctica (AN)
Asia (AS)
Europe (EU)
North America (NA)
Oceania (OC)
South and Central America (SA)
Africa (AF)
Ethnic/Cultural Group
or Country
Abbreviation
Algeria
AL
Angola
AN
Bantu
BA
Benin
BE
Botswana
BT
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
BF
Burundi
BR
Bushman
BU
Bushongo
BH
Cameroon
CR
Canary Is.
CI
Central African Republic
CA
Dahomean
DH
Egypt
EG
Eritrea
ER
Ethiopia
ET
Gabon
GB
Gambia
GA
Ghana
GH
Gold Coast
GC
Guinea
GU
Hottentot
HO
Ivory Coast
IC
Kenya
KY
Lesotho
LE
Liberia
LI
Libya
LB
Madagascar
MD
Malawi
MW
Mali
ML
Mande
MN
Mauritania
MU
Mauritius
MA
Mbundu
MB
Mende
ME
Morocco
MR
Mozambique
MZ
Namibia
NM
Niger
NG
Nigeria
NI
Pygmy
PY
Republic of Chad
CH
Republic of Seychelles
SY
Rwanda
RW
Semitic
SE
Senegal
SN
Sierra Leone
SL
Somalia
SO
South Africa
SA
South Sudan
SS
Sudan
SU
Swaziland
SW
Tanzania
TA
Togo
TO
Tunisia
TN
Uganda
UG
Union of the Comoros
UC
Unknown
--
Yao
YA
Zaire
ZA
Zambia
ZM
Zimbabwe
ZI
Zulu
ZU
Antarctica (AN)
Ethnic/Cultural Group
or Country
Abbreviation
America (Antarctica)
AM
France (Antarctica)
FR
Unknown
--
Asia (AS)
Ethnic/Cultural Group
or Country
Abbreviation
Afghanistan
AF
Akkadian (Accadian)
AK
Altai
AL
Arabian
AR
Armenian
AM
Assyrian
AY
Assyro-Babylonian
AB
Azerbaijan
AZ
Babylon
BY
Bangladesh
BA
Bhutan
BH
Buriat
BR
Burma
BU
Cambodia
CM
China
CH
Chukchi
CU
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DK
Elamite
EL
Evenki
EV
Georgia
GE
Hebrew
HE
Hindu
HI
India
IN
Indonesia
ID
Iran
IR
Iraq
IQ
Israel
IS
Itelmen
IT
Japan
JA
Jewish
JW
Jordan
JO
Kashmir
KA
Kazakhstan
KZ
Ket
KT
Korea
KR
Kuwait
KU
Kyrgyzstan
KY
Laos
LA
Lebanon
LE
Malaysia
MA
Mansi
MS
Mesopotamian
ME
Minyong
MY
Mongolia
MO
Monguor
MG
Nanai
NA
Neghidhian
NG
Nepal
NE
Nganasan
NS
Oman
OM
Ostyak
OS
Pakistan
PK
Persian
PE
Philippines
PH
Phoenician
PO
Qatar
QA
Republic of Korea
RK
Sanskrit
SA
Saudi Arabia
SB
Scythian
SC
Semitic
SE
Siberia
SI
Sri Lanka
SR
Sumerian
SU
Syria
SY
Taiwan
TW
Tajik
TJ
Thailand
TH
Tibet
TB
Timor-Leste
TL
Tungu
TN
Turkey
TU
Turkmenistan
TK
Tuva
TV
Ulci
UL
Unknown
--
Urartu
UR
Uzbekistan
UZ
Vietnam
VT
Yakutian
YK
Yemen
YE
Europe (EU)
Ethnic/Cultural Group
or Country
Abbreviation
Albania
AL
Andorra
AN
Austria
AS
Bashkir
BS
Belarus
BL
Belgium
BE
Bosnia-Herzegovina
BH
Bulgaria
BU
Byzantine
BZ
Caucasus
CC
Celtic
CE
Chuvash
CH
Croatia
CR
Cyprus
CY
Czechoslovakia
CZ
Denmark
DE
England
EN
Eskimo (Greenland)
EK
Estonia
ES
Finland
FI
Flemish
FL
France
FR
Germany
GE
Great Britain
GB
Greek
GR
Greenland
GL
Gypsy
GY
Hungary
HU
Iceland
IC
Ireland
IR
Italy
IT
Kalmyk
KL
Karelia
KA
Komi
KO
Lapp
LP
Latin
LA
Latvia
LV
Liechtenstein
LE
Lithuania
LI
Luxembourg
LU
Macedonian
MA
Malta
ML
Mari
MR
Moldova
MD
Montenegro
MN
Mordvinian
MO
Netherlands (Dutch)
DU
Norse
NS
Norway
NO
Oscan
OS
Ostrogoth
OG
Poland
PO
Portugal
PG
Roman
RM
Romania (Rumania)
RO
Russia
RU
San Marino
SM
Scandinavian
SD
Scotland
SC
Scythia
SY
Slavic
SL
Slovakia
SV
Slovenia
SI
Soviet
SO
Spain
SP
Sweden
SW
Switzerland
SZ
Tartar
TT
Teutonic
TU
Udmurtian
UD
Ukraine
UK
Unknown
--
Wales
WA
Yugoslavia
YU
North America (NA)
Ethnic/Cultural Group
or Country
Abbreviation
Aleutian
AU
Algonquin
AL
American
AM
Antigua and Barbuda
AN
Arikara
AR
Aruba
AB
Bella Coola
BC
Blackfoot
BL
Canada
CA
Cherokee
CE
Cheyenne
CY
Chickasaw
CH
Chinook
CI
Choktaw
CO
Chumash
CU
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
BA
Creek
CR
Dakota
DA
Dominica
DO
Eskimo
ES
Hopi
HO
Iroquois
IR
Klamath
KL
Lakota
LA
Mandan
MA
Mexico
ME
Navajo
NV
Osage
OS
Pawnee
PW
Pequot
PE
Potawatomi
PO
Pueblo
PU
Saint Kitts and Nevis
SK
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
SV
Salish
SA
Seneca
SE
Shoshoni
SH
Sioux
SX
Tlingit
TL
United States
US
Unknown
--
Zuni
ZU
Oceania (OC)
Ethnic/Cultural Group
or Country
Abbreviation
Australia
AU
Caroline Is.
CI
Cook Islands
CO
Fiji
FJ
Guam
GM
Hawaii
HA
Marquesas Islands
MA
Marshall Is.
MI
Melanesia
ME
Micronesia
MC
Nauru
NA
New Britain
NB
New Caledonia
NC
New Guinea
GU
New Zealand
NZ
Papua New Guinea
PN
Polynesia
PO
Republic of Palau
PA
Samoa
SA
Society Is.
SI
Toamotu
TU
Tonga
TO
Unknown
--
Vanuatu
VA
South and Central America (SA)
Ethnic/Cultural Group
or Country
Abbreviation
Argentina
AR
Auracanian
AC
Aztec
AZ
Barbados
BB
Belize
BE
Bolivia
BO
Bororo
RR
Brazil
BR
Chile
CH
Chimalateco
CI
Colombia
CO
Costa Rica
CR
Cuba
CU
Dominican Republic
DR
Ecuador
EC
El Salvador
ES
Falkland Islands
FI
French Guiana
FG
Grenada
GR
Guatemala
GU
Guyana
GY
Haiti
HA
Honduras
HO
Inca
IN
Jamaica
JM
Mayan
MY
Nahuatl
NA
Netherland (Dutch) Antilles
DA
Nicaragua
NI
Panama
PM
Paraguay
PA
Peru
PE
Puerto Rico
PR
Saint Lucia
SL
Suriname
SU
Trinidad and Tobago
TT
Unknown
--
Uruguay
UR
Venezuela
VE
Virgin Islands
VI
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