• Toponymic guidelines may also cover a recommendation concerning the abbreviations used in a country's geographical names.

• If existent, it would also be very useful to explain the rules governing the formation of these abbreviations.

• A listing of the abbreviations used in the Austria 1 : 50 000 official topographic map series was included in the Austrian paper.

Abbreviations in Austria:

 

Abbreviations in Cyprus:

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