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This page is currently being worked for a major revision in an off wiki location. The content below while mostly accurate may have changed in the interim. The entire page will be rebuilt shortly with fully accurate content pending the completion of new ongoing testing and modification of the TTS engine. Before making any changes to this page, please bring up the issue in the TTS testing forum thread.

This page covers the abbreviations and acronyms used in naming roads in Waze.

Thə list on this page and in the links at the bottom of the page have only been tested for the Engish USA "Samantha" voice. While they should also apply to the English USA "Tom" voice, they have not been tested with any other voice.

By following these guidelines the Text-to-speech (TTS) feature will work at its optimum level. If you have questions about these instructions, see the further reading at the bottom of this page.

Waze convention is to use suffix abbreviations in street names. ("Main Rd" instead of "Main Road").

Notes:

1. Abbreviate only suffixes.
   • "The Avenue", "The Green", etc. should not be abbreviated.
   • "Circuit Avenue Road" is abbreviated "Circuit Avenue Rd", not "Cct Ave Rd".
   • A road named "Service Road" should not be abbreviated, while "Pipeline Service Road" should be (as "Pipeline Service Rd").
2. Suffix abbreviations do not contain any punctuation, such as "." (Full-stops) or "-" (Hyphens).
3. In the event that the original suffix is a plural (ends in s) and only its singular form is present as an abbreviation, simply adding an "s" to the end of the abbreviation may or may not work as expected unless specified below.
4. When 'N', 'S', 'E', or 'W' should NOT be pronounced as compass directions, enclose the letter in single quotes.
   • George 'W' Bush Blvd
   • West 'W' Lee Ave
5. If your question is not answered here, please ask in the TTS testing topic on the waze forums
6. As of 2015-03-18, some entries in this table are no longer valid. They will be updated when resources are available.

Legend:

• TTS = Text To Speech for supported countries.

UK editors should see United_Kingdom/Roads#Abbreviations for UK specific abbreviations, some of which differ.

Canadian editors should see Canada#Abbreviations for Canada-specific abbreviations, some of which differ.

Other countries may have differing guidance; refer to the country-specific pages for any local guidance.

Forums

If you have further questions on this topic, please refer to the following Waze forum for a "Work in progress" list of abbreviations that are being tested, currently available, and proposed:

Test of Text-to-Speech (TTS) Abbreviations in Waze Clients

Glossary

Refer to the Glossary page for definitions of many terms used in Waze.