Abbreviations used as Geographic Qualifiers
(from RDA Toolkit Appendix B.11 with entries for “no abbreviation” added)
Name | Abbreviation |
Alabama | Ala. |
Alaska | No abbreviation |
Alberta | Alta. |
Arizona | Ariz. |
Arkansas | Ark. |
Australian Capital Territory | A.C.T. |
British Columbia | B.C. |
California | Calif. |
Colorado | Colo. |
Connecticut | Conn. |
Delaware | Del. |
District of Columbia | D.C. |
Florida | Fla. |
Georgia | Ga. |
Hawaii | No abbreviation |
Idaho | No abbreviation |
Illinois | Ill. |
Indiana | Ind. |
Iowa | No abbreviation |
Kansas | Kan. |
Kentucky | Ky. |
Louisiana | La. |
Maine | Me. |
Manitoba | Man. |
Maryland | Md. |
Massachusetts | Mass. |
Michigan | Mich. |
Minnesota | Minn. |
Mississippi | Miss. |
Missouri | Mo. |
Montana | Mont. |
Nebraska | Neb. |
Nevada | Nev. |
New Brunswick | N.B. |
New Hampshire | N.H. |
New Jersey | N.J. |
New Mexico | N.M. |
New South Wales | N.S.W. |
New York | N.Y. |
New Zealand | N.Z. |
Newfoundland | Nfld. |
Newfoundland and Labrador | N.L. |
North Carolina | N.C. |
North Dakota | N.D. |
Northern Territory | N.T. |
Northwest Territories | N.W.T. |
Nova Scotia | N.S. |
Nunavut | No abbreviation |
Ohio | No abbreviation |
Oklahoma | Okla. |
Ontario | Ont. |
Oregon | Or. |
Québec | No abbreviation |
Pennsylvania | Pa. |
Prince Edward Island | P.E.I. |
Puerto Rico | P.R. |
Queensland | Qld. |
Rhode Island | R.I. |
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic | R.S.F.S.R. |
Saskatchewan | Sask. |
South Australia | S.A. |
South Carolina | S.C. |
South Dakota | S.D. |
Tasmania | Tas. |
Tennessee | Tenn. |
Texas | Tex. |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | U.S.S.R. (Do not use the abbreviation – LC-PCC PS) |
United Kingdom | U.K. (Do not use the abbreviation – LC-PCC PS) |
United States | U.S. |
Utah | No abbreviation |
Vermont | Vt. |
Victoria | Vic. |
Virginia | Va. |
Washington | Wash. |
West Virginia | W. Va. |
Western Australia | W.A. |
Wisconsin | Wis. |
Wyoming | Wyo. |