State Abbreviations
An abbreviation is a spelling convention that allows words to be shortened. It is a procedure used to represent words using only one or more of their letters.
All states have their abbreviation: MEX (Mexico), CABBAGE (Colombia), TRP (Portugal). Additionally, states within a country also have their abbreviation: N LE (New Lion), OAX (Oaxaca), ooh (Ohio).
State abbreviations
- Afghanistan: AFG
- Aland Islands: ALI
- Albanian: ALB
- Germany: DEU
- Andorra: AND
- Angola: Aug
- Eel: AIA
- Antarctica: ATA
- Antigua and Barbuda: ATG
- Netherlands Antilles: ANT
- Saudi Arabia: SAU
- Algeria: DZA
- Argentina: ARG
- Armenian: ARM
- Aruba: ABW
- Australia: AUS
- Austrian: AUT
- Azerbaijan: AZE
- Bahamas: BHS
- Bahrain: BHR
- Bangladesh: BGD
- Barbados: BRB
- Belgium: BEL
- Belize: BLZ
- Benin: BEN
- Bermuda: BMU
- Bhutan: BTN
- Belarus: BLR
- Bolivian: BOL
- Bonaire: BES
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: BIH
- Botswana: BWA
- Brazil: BRA
- Brunei Darussalam: BRN
- Bulgarian: BGR
- Burkina Faso: BFA
- Burundi: BDI
- Cape Verde: CPV
- Cambodia: KHM
- Cameroon: CMR
- Canada: CAN
- Chad: TCD
- Chile: CHL
- Chinese: CHN
- Cyprus: CYP
- Colombia: COL
- Comoros: COM
- Congo, Rep. of: COG
- Congo, Dem. Rep. of: ZAR
- Korea, Rep. of: KOR
- Korea, Dem. Rep. of: PRK
- Costa Rica: CRI
- Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast): CIV
- Croatia: HRV
- Cuba: CUB
- Curacao: CUW
- Denmark: DNK
- Djiboutian: DJI
- Dominica: DMA
- Ecuador: ECU
- Egypt, Arab Rep. of: EGY
- El Salvador: SLV
- United Arab Emirates: ARE
- Eritrea: ERI
- Slovenia: SVN
- Spain: ESP
- United States: USA
- Estonian: EST
- Ethiopia: ETH
- Russian Federation: RUS
- Fiji: FJI
- Philippines: PHL
- Finland: END
- France: FRA
- Gabon: GAB
- The Gambia: GMB
- Georgia: GEO
- Ghana: GHA
- Greece: GRC
- Greenland: GL
- Guatemala: GTM
- French Guiana:GUF
- Guinean: GIN
- Equatorial Guinea:GNQ
- Guinea-Bissau: GNB
- Guyana: GUY
- Haiti: HTI
- Honduras: HND
- Hong Kong (China): HKG
- Hungary: HUN
- India: IND
- Indonesia: IDN
- Iran, Islamic Rep. of: IRN
- Iraq: IRQ
- Ireland: I.R.L.
- Iceland: ISL
- Wake Island: WAK
- Cayman Islands: CYM
- Cook Islands: COK
- Faroe Islands: FRO
- Marshall Islands: MHL
- Israel:ISR
- Italy: ITA
- Jamaican: JAM
- Japan: JPN
- Jordan: JOR
- Kazakhstan: KAZ
- Kenya: KEN
- Kyrgyzstan: KGZ
- Kuwait: KWT
- Lesotho: LSO
- Latvia: LVA
- Lebanon: LBN
- Liberia: LBR
- Libya: LBY
- Liechtenstein: LIE
- Lithuania: LTU
- Luxembourg: LUX
- Madagascar: MDG
- Malaysia: MYS
- Malawi: MWI
- Maldives: MDV
- Mali: MLI
- Malt: MLT
- Morocco: MAR
- Mexico: MEX
- Micronesia, Fed. States of: FSM
- Midway Islands: MID
- Monaco: MCO
- Mongolian: MNG
- Montenegro: MNT
- Montserrat: MSR
- Mozambique: MOZ
- Myanmar: MMR
- Namibia: NAM
- Nauru: NRU
- Nepalese: NPL
- Nicaragua: NIC
- Niger: NER
- Nigerian: NGA
- Niue: NIU
- Norway: NOR
- New Caledonia: NCL
- New Zealand: NZL
- Oman: OMN
- Netherlands: NLD
- Pakistan: PAK
- Palau: PLW
- Panama: BREAD
- Papua New Guinea: PNG
- Paraguay: PRY
- Peru: PER
- Pitcairn: PCN
- French Polynesia: PYF
- Poland: POL
- Portugal: PRT
- Puerto Rico: PRI
- Qatar: QAT
- United Kingdom: GBR
- Syrian Arab Republic: SYR
- Central African Republic: CAF
- Czech Republic: CZE
- Dominican Republic: SUN
- Slovak Republic: SVK
- Romania: ROM
- Rwanda: RWA
- Senegal: SEN
- Serbia and Montenegro: BE
- Seychelles: SYC
- Sierra Leone: SLE
- Singapore: GSP
- Somalia SOM
- Sri Lanka: L.K.A.
- South Africa: ZAF
- Sudan: SUD
- South Sudan: SSD
- Sweden: SWE
- Switzerland: CHE
- Suriname: SOUTH
- Swaziland: SWZ
- Thailand: THA
- Tanzania: TZA
- Tajikistan: TJK
- Togo: TGO
- Tokelau: TKL
- Tonga: TON
- Trinidad and Tobago:TTO
- Tunisia: TUN
- Turkmenistan: TKM
- Turkey: TUR
- Tuvalu: TUV
- Ukraine: UKR
- Uganda: UGA
- Uruguay: URY
- Uzbekistan: UZB
- Vanuatu: VUT
- Venezuela: COME
- Viet Nam: VNM
- Zambia: ZMB
- Zimbabwe: ZWE
Abbreviations of states of Mexico
- Aguascalientes: AGU
- Baja California: BCN
- Baja California Sur: BCS
- Campeche: CAM
- Chiapas: CHP
- Chihuahua: CHH
- Mexico City: CMX3
- Coahuila: COA
- Colima: COL
- Durango: DUR
- Guanajuato: GUA
- Warrior: GR
- Hidalgo: HID
- Jalisco: JAL
- Mexico: MEX
- Michoacan: MIC
- Morelos: MOR
- Nayarit: NAY
- Nuevo Leon: NLE
- Oaxaca: OAX
- Puebla: PUE
- Queretaro: WHAT
- Quintana Roo: ROO
- San Luis Potosi: SLP
- Sinaloa: WITHOUT
- Sound: ARE
- Tabasco: TAB
- Tamaulipas: TAM
- Tlaxcala: TLA
- Veracruz: SEE
- Yucatan: YUC
- Zacatecas: ZAC
US state abbreviations
- Alabama: AL
- Alaska: A.K.
- Arizona: A-Z
- Arkansas: AR
- California: CA
- Colorado: CO
- Connecticut: CT
- Delaware: DE
- Florida: FL
- Georgia:GA
- Hawaii: HI
- Idaho:ID
- Illinois: IL
- Indiana: IN
- Iowa: IA
- Kansas: KS
- Kentucky: KY
- Louisiana: LA
- Maine: ME
- MD: MD
- Massachusetts: MA
- Michigan: MI
- Minnesota: MN
- Mississippi: MS
- Missouri: MO
- Montana: MT
- Nebraska: N.E.
- Nevada: NV
- New Hampshire: N.H.
- New Jersey: NJ
- New Mexico: NM
- New York: NY
- North Carolina: NC
- North Dakota: ND
- Ohio: OH
- oklahoma: okay
- Oregon: OR
- Pennsylvania: PA
- Rhode Island: RI
- South Carolina: SC
- South Dakota: SD
- Tennessee: TN
- Texas: TX
- Utah: UT
- Vermont: VT
- Virginia:VA
- Washington: WA
- West Virginia: W.V.
- Wisconsin: WI
- Wyoming: WY
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