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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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
Unknown --
Algeria AL
Angola AN
Bantu BA
Benin BE
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) BF
Bushongo BH
Botswana BT
Bushman BU
Republic of Chad CH
Canary Is. CI
Cameroon CR
Dahomean DH
Egypt EG
Ethiopia ET
Gambia GA
Gold Coast GC
Ghana GH
Guinea GU
Hottentot HO
Ivory Coast IC
Kenya KY
Libya LB
Lesotho LE
Liberia LI
Libyan LI
Mauritius MA
Mbundu MB
Madagascar MD
Mende ME
Mali ML
Mande MN
Morocco MR
Mauritania MU
Mozambique MZ
Niger NG
Nigeria NI
Namibia NM
Pygmy PY
Rwanda RW
South Africa SA
Semitic SE
Sierra Leone SL
Senegal SN
Somalia SO
Sudan SU
Swaziland SW
Republic of Seychelles SY
Tanzania TA
Tunisia TN
Togo TO
Uganda UG
Yao YA
Zaire ZA
Zimbabwe ZI
Zambia ZM
Zulu ZU

Antarctica (AN)
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country Abbreviation
Unknown --
America (Antarctica) AM
France (Antarctica) FR

Asia (AS)
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country Abbreviation
Unknown --
Assyro-Babylonian AB
Afghanistan AF
Akkadian (Accadian) AK
Altai AL
Armenian AM
Arabian AR
Assyrian AY
Azerbaijan AZ
Bangladesh BA
Bhutan BH
Buriat BR
Burma BU
Babylon BY
China CH
Cambodia CM
Elamite EL
Georgia GE
Hebrew HE
Hindu HI
Indonesia ID
India IN
Iraq IQ
Iran IR
Israel IS
Japan JA
Jordan JO
Jewish JW
Kashmir KA
Korea KR
Kuwait KU
Kyrgyzstan KY
Kazakhstan KZ
Laos LA
Malaysia MA
Mesopotamian ME
Monguor MG
Mongolia MO
Minyong MY
Nanai NA
Nepal NE
Neghidhian NG
Oman OM
Ostyak OS
Persian PE
Philippines PH
Pakistan PK
Phoenician PO
Sanskrit SA
Saudi Arabia SB
Scythian SC
Semitic SE
Siberia SI
Sri Lanka SR
Sumerian SU
Syria SY
Tibet TB
Thailand TH
Tajik TJ
Turkmenistan TK
Tungu TN
Turkey TU
Tuva TV
Taiwan TW
Ulci UL
Urartu UR
Uzbekistan UZ
Vietnam VT
Yemen YE
Yakutian YK

Europe (EU)
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country Abbreviation
Unknown --
Albania AL
Austria AS
Belgium BE
Bosnia-Herzegovina BH
Belarus BL
Bashkir BS
Bulgaria BU
Byzantine BZ
Caucasus CC
Celtic CE
Chuvash CH
Croatia CR
Cyprus CY
Czechoslovakia CZ
Denmark DE
Netherlands (Dutch) DU
Eskimo (Greenland) EK
England EN
Estonia ES
Finland FI
Flemish FL
France FR
Great Britain GB
Germany GE
Greenland GL
Greek GR
Gypsy GY
Hungary HU
Iceland IC
Ireland IR
Italy IT
Karelia KA
Kalmyk KL
Komi KO
Latin LA
Lithuania LI
Lapp LP
Luxembourg LU
Latvia LV
Macedonian MA
Moldova MD
Mordvinian MO
Mari MR
Norway NO
Norse NS
Ostrogoth OG
Oscan OS
Portugal PG
Poland PO
Roman RM
Romania (Rumania) RO
Russia RU
Scotland SC
Scandinavian SD
Slovenia SI
Slavic SL
Soviet SO
Spain SP
Sweden SW
Scythia SY
Switzerland SZ
Tartar TT
Teutonic TU
Udmurtian UD
Ukraine UK
Wales WA
Yugoslavia YU

North America (NA)
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country Abbreviation
Unknown --
Algonquin AL
American AM
Aleutian AU
Canada CA
Cherokee CE
Chickasaw CH
Creek CR
Chumash CU
Dakota DA
Eskimo ES
Hopi HO
Iroquois IR
Lakota LA
Mandan MA
Mexico ME
Navajo NV
Osage OS
Pequot PE
Potawatomi PO
Pueblo PU
Pawnee PW
Seneca SE
Shoshoni SH
Sioux SX
United States US
Zuni ZU

Oceania (OC)
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country Abbreviation
Unknown --
Australia AU
Caroline Is. CI
Fiji FJ
Guam GM
New Guinea GU
Hawaii HA
Marquesas Islands MA
Micronesia MC
Melanesia ME
Marshall Is. MI
New Britain NB
New Zealand NZ
Republic of Palau PA
Papua New Guinea PN
Polynesia PO
Samoa SA
Society Is. SI
Tonga TO
Toamotu TU
Vanuatu VA

South and Central America (SA)
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country Abbreviation
Unknown --
Auracanian AC
Argentina AR
Aztec AZ
Barbados BB
Bolivia BO
Brazil BR
Chile CH
Chimalateco CI
Colombia CO
Costa Rica CR
Cuba CU
Netherland (Dutch) Antilles DA
Dominican Republic DR
Ecuador EC
El Salvador ES
French Guiana FG
Guatemala GU
Guyana GY
Haiti HA
Honduras HO
Inca IN
Jamaica JM
Mayan MY
Nahuatl NA
Nicaragua NI
Paraguay PA
Peru PE
Panama PM
Puerto Rico PR
Bororo RR
Suriname SU
Uruguay UR
Venezuela VE
Virgin Islands VI
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