DY

See also: dy, Dy, dý, dŷ, d.y., d'y, and dy.

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DY

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Dahomey from 1974 to 1975.

   Synonym: DHY (alpha-3)

2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Benin from 1975 to 1977.

   Synonyms: DHY (alpha-3 1975–1977), BJ (1977–present)

3. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Benin.

   Synonym: BJ (for general use)

Usage notes

• The code was deprecated for general use in favour of BJ two years after the renaming of Dahomey to Benin.
• This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Benin is BJ.