User:Linshee/Appendix:Street affixes

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Official postal abbreviations are listed here, though in practice alternate capitalization and punctuation is sometimes used (e.g. USPS official abbreviations AVE and RD are often written Ave. and Rd.)

Canada

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https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGaddress-e.asp?ecid=murl10006450#1437339

Street type Canada Post
abbreviation
Abbey ABBEY
Acres ACRES
Alley ALLEY
Avenue AVE
Bay BAY
Beach BEACH
Bend BEND
Boulevard BLVD
By-pass BYPASS
Byway BYWAY
Campus CAMPUS
Cape CAPE
Centre CTR
Chase CHASE
Circle CIR
Circuit CIRCT
Close CLOSE
Common COMMON
Concession CONC
Corners CRNRS
Court CRT
Cove COVE
Crescent CRES
Crossing CROSS
Cul-de-Sac CDS
Dale DALE
Dell DELL
Diversion DIVERS
Downs DOWNS
Drive DR
End END
Estates ESTATE
Expressway EXPY
Extension EXTENS
Farm FARM
Field FIELD
Forest FOREST
Freeway FWY
Front FRONT
Gardens GDNS
Gate GATE
Glade GLADE
Glen GLEN
Grounds GRNDS
Grove GROVE
Harbour HARBR
Heath HEATH
Heights HTS
Highlands HGHLNDS
Highway HWY
Hill HILL
Hollow HOLLOW
Inlet INLET
Island ISLAND
Key KEY
Knoll KNOLL
Landing LANDNG
Lane LANE
Limits LMTS
Line LINE
Link LINK
Lookout LKOUT
Loop LOOP
Mall MALL
Manor MANOR
Maze MAZE
Meadow MEADOW
Mews MEWS
Moor MOOR
Mount MOUNT
Mountain MTN
Orchard ORCH
Parade PARADE
Park PK
Parkway PKY
Passage PASS
Path PATH
Pathway PTWAY
Pines PINES
Place PL
Plateau PLAT
Plaza PLAZA
Point PT
Port PORT
Private PVT
Promenade PROM
Quay QUAY
Ramp RAMP
Rang RANG
Range RG
Ridge RIDGE
Rise RISE
Road RD
Route RTE
Row ROW
Run RUN
Square SQ
Street ST
Subdivision SUBDIV
Terrace TERR
Thicket THICK
Towers TOWERS
Townline TLINE
Turnabout TRNABT
Vale VALE
Via VIA
View VIEW
Village VILLGE
Villas VILLAS
Vista VISTA
Walk WALK
Way WAY
Wharf WHARF
Wood WOOD
Wynd WYND

French

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Street type Canada Post
abbreviation
English
translation
Allée ALLÉE alley
Autoroute AUT highway
Avenue AV avenue
Boulevard BOUL boulevard
Carré CAR square
Carrefour CARREF crossroads
Centre C centre
Cercle CERCLE circle
Chemin CH way
Côte CÔTE coast
Cour COUR court
Cours COURS course
Croissant CROIS crescent
Échangeur ÉCH interchange
Esplanade ESPL plaza
Île ÎLE island
Impasse IMP dead-end
Montée MONTÉE climb
Parc PARC park
Place PLACE place
Pointe POINTE point
Port PORT port
Quai QUAI quay
Rond-point RDPT roundabout
Rue RUE street
Ruelle RUELLE alley
Sentier SENT path
Terrasse TSSE terrace
Voie VOIE way

United Kingdom

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England

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Avenue, Brow*, Bypass, Circus, Close, Crescent, Drive, Grove, Gardens, Hill, Lane, Mead, Mews, Place, Rise, Road, Row, Square, Street, Vale, Way, Wharf

*Cumbria only

Wales

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Avenue, Close, Court, Crescent, Croft, Drive, Estate, Fields, Gardens, Green, Grange, Grove, Hill, Lane, Mews, Park, Place, Rise, Road, Row, Street, Terrace, View, Walk, Way, Yard,

Ael, Afon, Banc, Bro, Bron, Bryn, Bwlch, Cae, Caer, Cilgant, Clawdd, Clos, Coed, Croes, Cwr, Cwrt, Dolydd, Erw, Ffordd, Ffridd, Glan, Gwaun, Gwel, Hafod, Heol, Llwybr, Llwyn, Llys, Lôn, Maen, Maes, Min, Moel, Mor, Muriau, Mynydd, Nant, Ochr, Parc, Pen, Pentre, Plas, Porth, Rhes, Rhodfa, Rhos, Stryd, Tai, Trem, Tŷ, Tyddyn,

United States

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English

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https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apc_002.htm

Street suffix USPS
abreviation
Alley ALY
Anex ANX
Arcade ARC
Avenue AVE
Bayou BYU
Beach BCH
Bend BND
Bluff BLF
Bluffs BLFS
Bottom BTM
Boulevard BLVD
Bridge BRG
Brook BRK
Brooks BRKS
Burg BG
Burgs BGS
Bypass BYP
Camp CP
Canyon CYN
Cape CPE
Center CTR
Centers CTRS
Circle CIR
Circles CIRS
Cliff CLF
Cliffs CLFS
Club CLB
Common CMN
Commons CMNS
Corner COR
Corners CORS
Course CRSE
Court CT
Courts CTS
Cove CV
Coves CVS
Creek CRK
Crescent CRES
Crest CRST
Crossing XING
Crossroad XRD
Crossroads XRDS
Curve CURV
Dale DL
Dam DM
Divide DV
Drive DR
Drives DRS
Estate EST
Estates ESTS
Expressway EXPY
Extension EXT
Extensions EXTS
Fall FALL
Falls FLS
Ferry FRY
Field FLD
Fields FLDS
Flat FLT
Flats FLTS
Ford FRD
Fords FRDS
Forge FRG
Forges FRGS
Fork FRK
Forks FRKS
Fort FT
Freeway FWY
Garden GDN
Gateway GTWY
Glen GLN
Glens GLNS
Green GRN
Greens GRNS
Grove GRV
Groves GRVS
Harbor HBR
Harbors HBRS
Haven HVN
Heights HTS
Highway HWY
Hill HL
Hills HLS
Hollow HOLW
Inlet INLT
Island IS
Islands ISS
Isle ISLE
Junction JCT
Junctions JCTS
Key KY
Keys KYS
Knoll KNL
Knolls KNLS
Lake LK
Lakes LKS
Land LAND
Landing LNDG
Lane LN
Light LGT
Lights LGTS
Loaf LF
Lock LCK
Locks LCKS
Lodge LDG
Loop LOOP
Mall MALL
Manor MNR
Manors MNRS
Meadow MDW
Meadows MDWS
Mews MEWS
Mill ML
Mills MLS
Mission MSN
Motorway MTWY
Mount MT
Mountain MTN
Mountains MTNS
Neck NCK
Orchard ORCH
Oval OVAL
Overpas OPAS
Park PARK
Parks PARK
Parkway PKWY
Parkways PKWY
Pass PASS
Passage PSGE
Path PATH
Pike PIKE
Pine PNE
Pines PNES
Place PL
Plain PLN
Plains PLNS
Plaza PLZ
Point PT
Poitns PTS
Port PRT
Ports PRTS
Prairie PR
Radial RADL
Ramp RAMP
Rapid RPD
Rapids RPDS
Rest RST
Ridge RDG
River RIV
Road RD
Roads RDS
Route RTE
Row ROW
Rue RUE
Run RUN
Shoal SHL
Shoals SHL
Shore SHR
Shores SHRS
Skyway SKWY
Spring SPG
Springs SPGS
Spur SPUR
Spurs SPUR
Square SQ
Squares SQS
Station STA
Stravenue STRA
Stream STRM
Street ST
Streets STS
Summit SMT
Terrace TER
Throughway TRWY
Trace TRCE
Track TRAK
Trafficway TRFY
Trail TRL
Trailer TRLR
Tunnel TUNL
Turnpike TPKE
Underpass UPAS
Union UN
Unions UNS
Valley VLY
Valleys VLYS
Viaduct VIA
View VW
Views VWS
Village VLG
Villages VLGS
Ville VL
Vista VIS
Walk WALK
Walks WALK
Wall WALL
Way WAY
Ways WAYS
Well WL
Wells WLS

Spanish

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Abbreviations are only used in the 50 states and DC. The full words are used in Puerto Rico. https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28aph.htm https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28api_008.htm

Street prefix USPS
abreviation
English translation
Avenida AVE avenue
Caleta cove, inlet
Calle CLL street
Callejón alley
Caminito CMT little road
Camino CAM road
Cerrada CER closed
Circulo CIR circle
Entrada ENT entrance
Parque park
Pasaje crossing
Paseo PSO path
Patio courtyard
Placita PLC little plaza
Plaza plaza
Marginal marginal
Rancho RCH ranch
Vereda VER small path
Vía way
Vista VIS view