Abbreviations for Continents, Countries, and Ethnic Groups

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In cases where a person was born in one country and conducted the work that made them famous in another, the continent and ethnic/cultural group or country where the person became famous is recorded in the gazetteer. The country of birth is recorded in the origin field of the gazetteer. (Effective April 2014)

Continents

Africa (AF)

Antarctica (AN)

Asia (AS)

Europe (EU)

North America (NA)

Oceania (OC)

South and Central America (SA)

Africa (AF)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Afrikaans	AI
Algeria	AL
Angola	AN
Bantu	BA
Benin	BE
Botswana	BT
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)	BF
Burundi	BR
Bushman	BU
Bushongo	BH
Cameroon	CR
Canary Is.	CI
Cape Verde	CV
Central African Republic	CA
Dahomean	DH
Democratic Republic of the Congo	DC
Egypt	EG
Eritrea	ER
Ethiopia	ET
Gabon	GB
Gambia	GA
Ghana	GH
Gold Coast	GC
Guinea	GU
Hottentot	HO
Ivory Coast	IC
Kenya	KY
Lesotho	LE
Liberia	LI
Libya	LB
Madagascar	MD
Malawi	MW
Mali	ML
Mande	MN
Mauritania	MU
Mauritius	MA
Mbundu	MB
Mende	ME
Morocco	MR
Mozambique	MZ
Namibia	NM
Niger	NG
Nigeria	NI
Pygmy	PY
Republic of Chad	CH
Republic of Djibouti	RD
Republic of Equatorial Guinea	RE
Republic of Guinea-Bissau	RG
Republic of Sao Tome and Principe	RS
Republic of Seychelles	SY
Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)	RC
Reunion Island	RI
Rwanda	RW
Semitic	SE
Senegal	SN
Sierra Leone	SL
Somalia	SO
South Africa	SA
South Sudan	SS
Sudan	SU
Swahili	SH
Swaziland	SW
Tanzania	TA
Togo	TO
Tunisia	TN
Uganda	UG
Union of the Comoros	UC
Unknown	--
Yao	YA
Zaire	ZA
Zambia	ZM
Zimbabwe	ZI
Zulu	ZU

Antarctica (AN)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
America (Antarctica)	AM
France (Antarctica)	FR
New Zealand (Antarctica)	NZ
Unknown	--

Asia (AS)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Abkhazian	AH
Afghanistan	AF
Akkadian (Accadian)	AK
Altai	AL
Arabian	AR
Armenian	AM
Assyrian	AY
Assyro-Babylonian	AB
Azerbaijan	AZ
Babylon	BY
Bahrain	BI
Bangladesh	BA
Bengal	BE
Bhutan	BH
Borneo	BO
Brunei	BN
Buriat	BR
Burma	BU
Cambodia	CM
China	CH
Chukchi	CU
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	DK
Elamite	EL
Evenki	EV
Georgia	GE
Hattic	HA
Hebrew	HE
Hindu	HI
Hittite	HT
India	IN
Indonesia	ID
Iran	IR
Iraq	IQ
Israel	IS
Itelmen	IT
Japan	JA
Jewish	JW
Jordan	JO
Kashmir	KA
Kazakhstan	KZ
Ket	KT
Korea	KR
Kuwait	KU
Kyrgyzstan	KY
Laos	LA
Lebanon	LE
Malaysia	MA
Mansi	MS
Mesopotamian	ME
Minyong	MY
Mongolia	MO
Monguor	MG
Myanmar	MM
Nanai	NA
Neghidhian	NG
Nepal	NE
Nganasan	NS
Oman	OM
Ostyak	OS
Pakistan	PK
Persian	PE
Philippines	PH
Phoenician	PO
Qatar	QA
Republic of Korea	RK
Republic of the Maldives	ML
Sanskrit	SA
Saudi Arabia	SB
Scythian	SC
Semitic	SE
Siberia	SI
Sri Lanka	SR
Sumerian	SU
Syria	SY
Taiwan	TW
Tajik	TJ
Tajikistan	TS
Tamil	TM
Thailand	TH
Tibet	TB
Timor-Leste	TL
Tungu	TN
Turkey	TU
Turkmenistan	TK
Tuva	TV
Ulci	UL
United Arab Emirates	UA
Unknown	--
Urartu	UR
Uzbekistan	UZ
Vietnam	VT
Yakutian	YK
Yemen	YE

Europe (EU)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Albania	AL
Andorra	AN
Austria	AS
Bashkir	BS
Basque	BA
Belarus	BL
Belgium	BE
Bosnia-Herzegovina	BH
Bulgaria	BU
Byzantine	BZ
Caucasus	CC
Celtic	CE
Chuvash	CH
Croatia	CR
Cyprus	CY
Czechoslovakia	CZ
Czech Republic	CP
Denmark	DE
England	EN
Estonia	ES
Finland	FI
Flemish	FL
France	FR
Gaelic	GA
Gaul	GU
Germany	GE
Great Britain	GB
Greek	GR
Gypsy	GY
Hungary	HU
Iceland	IC
Ireland	IR
Italy	IT
Kalmyk	KL
Karelia	KA
Komi	KO
Kosovo	KS
Lapp	LP
Latin	LA
Latvia	LV
Liechtenstein	LE
Lithuania	LI
Luxembourg	LU
Macedonian	MA
Malta	ML
Mari	MR
Moldova	MD
Montenegro	MN
Mordvinian	MO
Netherlands (Dutch)	DU
Norse	NS
Norway	NO
Oscan	OS
Ostrogoth	OG
Poland	PO
Portugal	PG
Roman	RM
Romania (Rumania)	RO
Russia	RU
San Marino	SM
Scandinavian	SD
Scotland	SC
Scythia	SY
Serbia	SE
Slavic	SL
Slovakia	SV
Slovenia	SI
Soviet	SO
Spain	SP
Sweden	SW
Switzerland	SZ
Tartar	TT
Teutonic	TU
Udmurtian	UD
Ukraine	UK
Unknown	--
Wales	WA
Yugoslavia	YU

North America (NA)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Acoma	AC
Aleutian	AU
Algonquin	AL
American	AM
Antigua and Barbuda	AN
Antilles	AT
Arikara	AR
Aruba	AB
Aztec	AZ
Barbados	BB
Bella Coola	BC
Blackfoot	BL
Bonaire	BO
Canada	CA
Canada/Greenland	CG
Cherokee	CE
Cheyenne	CY
Chickasaw	CH
Chinook	CI
Choktaw	CO
Chumash	CU
Commonwealth of the Bahamas	BA
Creek	CR
Cuba	CB
Dakota	DA
Dominica	DO
Dominican Republic	DR
Eskimo	ES
Eskimo (Greenland)	EK
Greenland	GL
Grenada	GR
Haiti	HA
Hopi	HO
Inuit	IN
Iroquois	IR
Jamaica	JM
Klamath	KL
Kwakiutl	KW
Lakota	LA
Mandan	MA
Mexico	ME
Navajo	NV
Ojibwe	OJ
Osage	OS
Pawnee	PW
Pequot	PE
Popoluca	PP
Potawatomi	PO
Pueblo	PU
Puerto Rico	PR
Saint Kitts and Nevis	SK
Saint Lucia	SL
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	SV
Salish	SA
Seneca	SE
Shoshoni	SH
Sioux	SX
Tlingit	TL
United States	US
Unknown	--
Virgin Islands	VI
Yurok	YU
Zuni	ZU

Oceania (OC)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Australia	AU
Caroline Is.	CI
Cook Islands	CO
Fiji	FJ
Guam	GM
Hawaii	HA
Kiribati	KI
Marquesas Islands	MA
Marshall Is.	MI
Melanesia	ME
Micronesia	MC
Nauru	NA
New Britain	NB
New Caledonia	NC
New Guinea	GU
New Zealand	NZ
Niue	NI
Papua New Guinea	PN
Polynesia	PO
Republic of Palau	PA
Samoa	SA
Society Is.	SI
Solomon Islands	SO
Tonga	TO
Tuamotu	TU
Tuvalu	TV
Unknown	--
Vanuatu	VA
Yolngu	YO

South and Central America (SA)

Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Abbreviation
Araucanian	AC
Argentina	AR
Belize	BE
Bolivia	BO
Bororo	RR
Brazil	BR
Chile	CH
Chimalateco	CI
Colombia	CO
Costa Rica	CR
Ecuador	EC
El Salvador	ES
Falkland Islands	FI
French Guiana	FG
Guatemala	GU
Guyana	GY
Honduras	HO
Inca	IN
Jamaica	JM
Mayan	MY
Nahuatl	NA
Nicaragua	NI
Panama	PM
Paraguay	PA
Peru	PE
Suriname	SU
Trinidad and Tobago	TT
Unknown	--
Uruguay	UR
Venezuela	VE