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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)
Commonwealth of Independent States and Associated Ethnic Groups (UR)
United States (US)

Africa (AF)
Ethnicity	Abbreviation
Unknown	--
Algeria	AL
Angola	AN
Bantu	BA
Benin	BE
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)	BF
Bushongo	BH
Botswana	BT
Bushman	BU
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
South Africa	SA
Semitic	SE
Sierra Leone	SL
Senegal	SN
Somalia	SO
Sudan	SU
Swaziland	SW
Tanzania	TA
Tunisia	TN
Togo	TO
Uganda	UG
Yao	YA
Zaire	ZA
Zimbabwe	ZI
Zambia	ZM
Zulu	ZU

Antarctica (AN)
Ethnicity	Abbreviation
Unknown	--
America (Antarctica)	AM
France (Antarctica)	FR

Asia (AS)
Ethnicity	Abbreviation
Unknown	--
Assyro-Babylonian	AB
Afghanistan	AF
Akkadian (Accadian)	AK
Armenian	AM
Arabian	AR
Assyrian	AY
Bangladesh	BA
Bhutan	BH
Buriat	BR
Burma	BU
Babylon	BY
China	CH
Cambodia	CM
Elamite	EL
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
Laos	LA
Malaysia	MA
Mesopotamian	ME
Monguor	MG
Mongolia	MO
Minyong	MY
Nanai	NA
Nepal	NE
Oman	OM
Persian	PE
Philippines	PH
Pakistan	PK
Phoenician	PO
Sanskrit	SA
Saudi Arabia	SB
Scythian	SC
Semitic	SE
Sri Lanka	SR
Sumerian	SU
Syria	SY
Tibet	TB
Thailand	TH
Turkey	TU
Taiwan	TW
Urartu	UR
Vietnam	VT

Europe (EU)
Ethnicity	Abbreviation
Unknown	--
Albania	AL
Austria	AS
Belgium	BE
Bosnia-Herzegovina	BH
Bulgaria	BU
Byzantine	BZ
Celtic	CE
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
Latin	LA
Lithuania	LI
Lapp	LP
Luxembourg	LU
Latvia	LV
Macedonian	MA
Norway	NO
Norse	NS
Ostrogoth	OG
Oscan	OS
Portugal	PG
Poland	PO
Roman	RM
Romania (Rumania)	RO
Scotland	SC
Scandinavian	SD
Slovenia	SI
Slavic	SL
Spain	SP
Sweden	SW
Switzerland	SZ
Teutonic	TU
Wales	WA
Yugoslavia	YU

North America (NA)
Ethnicity	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)
Ethnicity	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
Polynesia	PO
Samoa	SA
Society Is.	SI
Tonga	TO
Toamotu	TU
Vanuatu	VA

South and Central America (SA)
Ethnicity	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
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

Commonwealth of Independent States and Associated Ethnic Groups (UR)
Ethnicity	Abbreviation
Unknown	--
Altai	AL
Armenia	AM
Azerbaijan	AZ
Belarus	BE
Buriat	BR
Bashkir	BS
Caucasus	CC
Chuvash	CH
Georgia	GE
Karelia	KA
Kyrgyzstan	KG
Kalmyk	KL
Komi	KO
Kazakhstan	KZ
Moldova	MD
Mari	MJ
Mordvinian (Volga Finn)	MO
Nanai	NA
Neghidhian	NE
Ostyak	OS
Russia	RU
Scythia	SC
Siberia	SI
Slavic (Slavonic)	SL
Soviet	SO
Tajik	TJ
Turkmenistan	TK
Tartar	TT
Tungu	TU
Tuva	TV
Udmurtian	UD
Ukraine	UK
Ulci	UL
Uzbekistan	UZ
Yakutian	YK

United States (US)
Ethnicity	Abbreviation
Unknown	--
Alaska	AK
Alabama	AL
Arizona	AZ
California	CA
Colorado	CO
Connecticut	CT
Delaware	DE
Florida	FL
Georgia	GA
Hawaii	HI
Iowa	IA
Idaho	ID
Illinois	IL
Indiana	IN
Kansas	KS
Kentucky	KY
Louisiana	LA
Massachusetts	MA
Maryland	MD
Maine	ME
Michigan	MI
Missouri	MO
Mississippi	MS
Montana	MT
North Carolina	NC
North Dakota	ND
Nebraska	NE
New Hampshire	NH
New Jersey	NJ
New Mexico	NM
Nevada	NV
New York	NY
Ohio	OH
Oklahoma	OK
Oregon	OR
Pennsylvania	PA
Rhode Island	RI
South Carolina	SC
South Dakota	SD
Texas	TX
Utah	UT
Virginia	VA
Washington	WA
Wisconsin	WI
West Virginia	WV
Wyoming	WY

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