46A.Choice of name
Give the name of a place in the form found in (in this order of preference):
- current English–language gazetteers and atlases
- other current English–language reference sources.
46B.Additions to geographic names
46B1.No addition.
Do not add the name of a larger place to the name of a country
or a state, province, territory, etc., of Australia, Canada, Malaysia, or the U.S.
or any of the following parts of the British Isles: England, the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man,
the Channel Islands.
46B2.Addition.
Add to the name of a place, other than one of those listed
above, the name of the appropriate larger place in which it is
located. Use standard abbreviations for the names of the larger
places.
If the place name is being used as an entry element, make the addition in parentheses.
If the place name is being used as an addtion, precede the larger place by a comma.
Examples of appropriate additions are:
- Cities
- States, territories, provinces, etc.
- Parts of the British Isles
- countries
