User:Linshee/Appendix:Street affixes
Official postal abbreviations are listed here, though in practice alternate capitalization and punctuation is sometimes used (e.g. USPS official abbreviations AVE and RD are often written Ave. and Rd.)
Canada
edithttps://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGaddress-e.asp?ecid=murl10006450#1437339
Street type | Canada Post abbreviation |
---|---|
Abbey | ABBEY |
Acres | ACRES |
Alley | ALLEY |
Avenue | AVE |
Bay | BAY |
Beach | BEACH |
Bend | BEND |
Boulevard | BLVD |
By-pass | BYPASS |
Byway | BYWAY |
Campus | CAMPUS |
Cape | CAPE |
Centre | CTR |
Chase | CHASE |
Circle | CIR |
Circuit | CIRCT |
Close | CLOSE |
Common | COMMON |
Concession | CONC |
Corners | CRNRS |
Court | CRT |
Cove | COVE |
Crescent | CRES |
Crossing | CROSS |
Cul-de-Sac | CDS |
Dale | DALE |
Dell | DELL |
Diversion | DIVERS |
Downs | DOWNS |
Drive | DR |
End | END |
Estates | ESTATE |
Expressway | EXPY |
Extension | EXTENS |
Farm | FARM |
Field | FIELD |
Forest | FOREST |
Freeway | FWY |
Front | FRONT |
Gardens | GDNS |
Gate | GATE |
Glade | GLADE |
Glen | GLEN |
Grounds | GRNDS |
Grove | GROVE |
Harbour | HARBR |
Heath | HEATH |
Heights | HTS |
Highlands | HGHLNDS |
Highway | HWY |
Hill | HILL |
Hollow | HOLLOW |
Inlet | INLET |
Island | ISLAND |
Key | KEY |
Knoll | KNOLL |
Landing | LANDNG |
Lane | LANE |
Limits | LMTS |
Line | LINE |
Link | LINK |
Lookout | LKOUT |
Loop | LOOP |
Mall | MALL |
Manor | MANOR |
Maze | MAZE |
Meadow | MEADOW |
Mews | MEWS |
Moor | MOOR |
Mount | MOUNT |
Mountain | MTN |
Orchard | ORCH |
Parade | PARADE |
Park | PK |
Parkway | PKY |
Passage | PASS |
Path | PATH |
Pathway | PTWAY |
Pines | PINES |
Place | PL |
Plateau | PLAT |
Plaza | PLAZA |
Point | PT |
Port | PORT |
Private | PVT |
Promenade | PROM |
Quay | QUAY |
Ramp | RAMP |
Rang | RANG |
Range | RG |
Ridge | RIDGE |
Rise | RISE |
Road | RD |
Route | RTE |
Row | ROW |
Run | RUN |
Square | SQ |
Street | ST |
Subdivision | SUBDIV |
Terrace | TERR |
Thicket | THICK |
Towers | TOWERS |
Townline | TLINE |
Turnabout | TRNABT |
Vale | VALE |
Via | VIA |
View | VIEW |
Village | VILLGE |
Villas | VILLAS |
Vista | VISTA |
Walk | WALK |
Way | WAY |
Wharf | WHARF |
Wood | WOOD |
Wynd | WYND |
French
editStreet type | Canada Post abbreviation |
English translation |
---|---|---|
Allée | ALLÉE | alley |
Autoroute | AUT | highway |
Avenue | AV | avenue |
Boulevard | BOUL | boulevard |
Carré | CAR | square |
Carrefour | CARREF | crossroads |
Centre | C | centre |
Cercle | CERCLE | circle |
Chemin | CH | way |
Côte | CÔTE | coast |
Cour | COUR | court |
Cours | COURS | course |
Croissant | CROIS | crescent |
Échangeur | ÉCH | interchange |
Esplanade | ESPL | plaza |
Île | ÎLE | island |
Impasse | IMP | dead-end |
Montée | MONTÉE | climb |
Parc | PARC | park |
Place | PLACE | place |
Pointe | POINTE | point |
Port | PORT | port |
Quai | QUAI | quay |
Rond-point | RDPT | roundabout |
Rue | RUE | street |
Ruelle | RUELLE | alley |
Sentier | SENT | path |
Terrasse | TSSE | terrace |
Voie | VOIE | way |
United Kingdom
editEngland
editAvenue, Brow*, Bypass, Circus, Close, Crescent, Drive, Grove, Gardens, Hill, Lane, Mead, Mews, Place, Rise, Road, Row, Square, Street, Vale, Way, Wharf
*Cumbria only
Wales
editAvenue, Close, Court, Crescent, Croft, Drive, Estate, Fields, Gardens, Green, Grange, Grove, Hill, Lane, Mews, Park, Place, Rise, Road, Row, Street, Terrace, View, Walk, Way, Yard,
Ael, Afon, Banc, Bro, Bron, Bryn, Bwlch, Cae, Caer, Cilgant, Clawdd, Clos, Coed, Croes, Cwr, Cwrt, Dolydd, Erw, Ffordd, Ffridd, Glan, Gwaun, Gwel, Hafod, Heol, Llwybr, Llwyn, Llys, Lôn, Maen, Maes, Min, Moel, Mor, Muriau, Mynydd, Nant, Ochr, Parc, Pen, Pentre, Plas, Porth, Rhes, Rhodfa, Rhos, Stryd, Tai, Trem, Tŷ, Tyddyn,
United States
editEnglish
edithttps://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apc_002.htm
Street suffix | USPS abreviation |
---|---|
Alley | ALY |
Anex | ANX |
Arcade | ARC |
Avenue | AVE |
Bayou | BYU |
Beach | BCH |
Bend | BND |
Bluff | BLF |
Bluffs | BLFS |
Bottom | BTM |
Boulevard | BLVD |
Bridge | BRG |
Brook | BRK |
Brooks | BRKS |
Burg | BG |
Burgs | BGS |
Bypass | BYP |
Camp | CP |
Canyon | CYN |
Cape | CPE |
Center | CTR |
Centers | CTRS |
Circle | CIR |
Circles | CIRS |
Cliff | CLF |
Cliffs | CLFS |
Club | CLB |
Common | CMN |
Commons | CMNS |
Corner | COR |
Corners | CORS |
Course | CRSE |
Court | CT |
Courts | CTS |
Cove | CV |
Coves | CVS |
Creek | CRK |
Crescent | CRES |
Crest | CRST |
Crossing | |
Crossroad | XRD |
Crossroads | XRDS |
Curve | CURV |
Dale | DL |
Dam | DM |
Divide | DV |
Drive | DR |
Drives | DRS |
Estate | EST |
Estates | ESTS |
Expressway | EXPY |
Extension | EXT |
Extensions | EXTS |
Fall | FALL |
Falls | FLS |
Ferry | FRY |
Field | FLD |
Fields | FLDS |
Flat | FLT |
Flats | FLTS |
Ford | FRD |
Fords | FRDS |
Forge | FRG |
Forges | FRGS |
Fork | FRK |
Forks | FRKS |
Fort | FT |
Freeway | FWY |
Garden | GDN |
Gateway | GTWY |
Glen | GLN |
Glens | GLNS |
Green | GRN |
Greens | GRNS |
Grove | GRV |
Groves | GRVS |
Harbor | HBR |
Harbors | HBRS |
Haven | HVN |
Heights | HTS |
Highway | HWY |
Hill | HL |
Hills | HLS |
Hollow | HOLW |
Inlet | INLT |
Island | IS |
Islands | ISS |
Isle | ISLE |
Junction | JCT |
Junctions | JCTS |
Key | KY |
Keys | KYS |
Knoll | KNL |
Knolls | KNLS |
Lake | LK |
Lakes | LKS |
Land | LAND |
Landing | LNDG |
Lane | LN |
Light | LGT |
Lights | LGTS |
Loaf | LF |
Lock | LCK |
Locks | LCKS |
Lodge | LDG |
Loop | LOOP |
Mall | MALL |
Manor | MNR |
Manors | MNRS |
Meadow | MDW |
Meadows | MDWS |
Mews | MEWS |
Mill | ML |
Mills | MLS |
Mission | MSN |
Motorway | MTWY |
Mount | MT |
Mountain | MTN |
Mountains | MTNS |
Neck | NCK |
Orchard | ORCH |
Oval | OVAL |
Overpas | OPAS |
Park | PARK |
Parks | PARK |
Parkway | PKWY |
Parkways | PKWY |
Pass | PASS |
Passage | PSGE |
Path | PATH |
Pike | PIKE |
Pine | PNE |
Pines | PNES |
Place | PL |
Plain | PLN |
Plains | PLNS |
Plaza | PLZ |
Point | PT |
Poitns | PTS |
Port | PRT |
Ports | PRTS |
Prairie | PR |
Radial | RADL |
Ramp | RAMP |
Rapid | RPD |
Rapids | RPDS |
Rest | RST |
Ridge | RDG |
River | RIV |
Road | RD |
Roads | RDS |
Route | RTE |
Row | ROW |
Rue | RUE |
Run | RUN |
Shoal | SHL |
Shoals | SHL |
Shore | SHR |
Shores | SHRS |
Skyway | SKWY |
Spring | SPG |
Springs | SPGS |
Spur | SPUR |
Spurs | SPUR |
Square | SQ |
Squares | SQS |
Station | STA |
Stravenue | STRA |
Stream | STRM |
Street | ST |
Streets | STS |
Summit | SMT |
Terrace | TER |
Throughway | TRWY |
Trace | TRCE |
Track | TRAK |
Trafficway | TRFY |
Trail | TRL |
Trailer | TRLR |
Tunnel | TUNL |
Turnpike | TPKE |
Underpass | UPAS |
Union | UN |
Unions | UNS |
Valley | VLY |
Valleys | VLYS |
Viaduct | VIA |
View | VW |
Views | VWS |
Village | VLG |
Villages | VLGS |
Ville | VL |
Vista | VIS |
Walk | WALK |
Walks | WALK |
Wall | WALL |
Way | WAY |
Ways | WAYS |
Well | WL |
Wells | WLS |
Spanish
editAbbreviations are only used in the 50 states and DC. The full words are used in Puerto Rico. https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28aph.htm https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28api_008.htm
Street prefix | USPS abreviation |
English translation |
---|---|---|
Avenida | AVE | avenue |
Caleta | cove, inlet | |
Calle | CLL | street |
Callejón | alley | |
Caminito | CMT | little road |
Camino | CAM | road |
Cerrada | CER | closed |
Circulo | CIR | circle |
Entrada | ENT | entrance |
Parque | park | |
Pasaje | crossing | |
Paseo | PSO | path |
Patio | courtyard | |
Placita | PLC | little plaza |
Plaza | plaza | |
Marginal | marginal | |
Rancho | RCH | ranch |
Vereda | VER | small path |
Vía | way | |
Vista | VIS | view |