Wikipedia:WikiProject Country subdivisions/Naming

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 * Naming conventions (places)
 * Naming conventions (country subdivisions)
 * Proper_names
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Country subdivisions/Naming
 * Terms for subnational entities
 * see also the articles in the Category:Country subdivisions
 * Terms for entities in English-speaking countries: Country subdivisions
 * List of terms for country subdivisions
 * Matrix of country subdivisions

Variants
This only shows current use of the naming variants without country disambiguation.


 * 1) plain - X
 * 2) used by: WikiProject_Rivers
 * 3) trailing no-bracket uppercase English - X English - [153]
 * 4) used by: WikiProject_Rivers
 * 5) trailing no-bracket uppercase local - X Local - [3]
 * 6) trailing no-bracket lowercase English - X English - [1]
 * 7) trailing no-bracket lowercase local - X local - [0]
 * 8) trailing bracket lowercase English - X (English) - [8]
 * 9) trailing bracket uppercase English - X (English), Someprovince e.g. Köprübaşı (District), Manisa - [?]
 * 10) trailing bracket lowercase English - X (local) - [1]
 * 11) leading no-bracket uppercase English - English of X - [1]
 * 12) leading no-bracket uppercase English - English X - [1] (Ireland only)
 * 13) used by: WikiProject_Rivers
 * 14) leading no-bracket uppercase local - Local X [0]

With country disambiguation the following where found:
 * 1) X (province of Ycountry)
 * 2) X (Ycountry)
 * 3) X (Ycountrian province)
 * 4) Ycountry, X Region
 * 5) X District of Ycountry

Note: in English it is common to uppercase, i.e. one does not write new York city.

Title vs. text
usage in article titles and article text sometimes differs. In some cases this might make linking more difficult.
 * "X (english)" vs. "X english"
 * if "X english" is allowed in text, why not use it for title? (if you would not like this solution, please try to put it in words and write it here)
 * pro: 1) editor friendly, you wikify what is written. otherwise only because of the brackets one has more work 2) voice friendly, you can easier tell the article name to someone on the phone
 * "english of X" vs. "X english"
 * "english of X" vs. "X English"

Current naming of categories and lists
The main categories currently are named "Subdivisions of X".

Current naming of individual subdivision articles

 * historical subdivisions e.g. Provinces of the Roman Empire, Provinces of the Ottoman Empire are marked [historic]
 * subdivisions where the subdivision term is not used for all subdivisions are marked *

plain

 * 1) Regions of France (région)
 * 2) States of Germany (land)
 * 3) Peripheries of Greece
 * 4) Regions of Italy (regione)
 * 5) Provinces of Oman (mintaqah)
 * 6) States of the United States
 * 7) Themas of Byzantine Empire [historic]

mixed

 * 1) Provinces of Spain* "X (province)" vs, "Córdoba Province, Spain"

X English - [157]

 * 1) Provinces of Afghanistan (velayat)
 * 2) Districts of Afghanistan
 * 3) Counties of Albania (qark)
 * 4) Districts of Albania (rrethe)
 * 5) Provinces of Algeria (wilayat)
 * 6) Provinces of Angola
 * 7) Parishes of Antigua and Barbuda
 * 8) Provinces of Argentina (es: provincia)
 * 9) Departments of Argentina (es: departamentos)
 * 10) Provinces of Armenia (marz)
 * 11) Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan (rayonu=Region,sahar=city)
 * 12) Governorates of Bahrain (ar: muhafazah)
 * 13) Divisions of Bangladesh (bibhag)
 * 14) Parishes of Barbados
 * 15) Provinces of Belarus (voblast)
 * 16) Regions of Belgium* (fr,nl,de)
 * 17) Districts of Belize
 * 18) Departments of Benin (fr: département)
 * 19) Departments of Bolivia (es: departamento)
 * 20) Districts of Botswana
 * 21) Bosnia and Herzegovina Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina (bs: kanton/hr: zupanija)
 * 22) Bosnia and Herzegovina Regions of Republika Srpska (?) deleted
 * 23) Regions of Brazil
 * 24) States of Brazil* (pt: estado) REVIEW
 * 25) Districts of Brunei (daerah)
 * 26) Provinces of Bulgaria (bg: oblast)
 * 27) Regions of Burkina Faso
 * 28) Departments of Burkina Faso
 * 29) Provinces of Burkina Faso (fr: province)
 * 30) Provinces of Burundi (fr: province)
 * 31) Provinces of Cameroon
 * 32) Prefectures of Chad (fr: prefecture)
 * 33) Provinces of Chile (es: provincia)
 * 34) Regions of Chile (es: región)
 * 35) China (Mainland): Provinces* (shěng)
 * 36) China: Municipality of China* (zhíxiáshì)
 * 37) China: Autonomous region of China* (zìzhìqū)
 * 38) China: Prefecture-level cities* (dìjíshì)
 * 39) China: County-level cities* (xiànjíshì)
 * 40) China: Prefectures & Autonomous prefectures (dìqū & zìzhìzhōu)
 * 41) District of China (qū)
 * 42) China: Counties & Autonomous counties (xiàn & zìzhìxiàn)
 * 43) China: League (Inner Mongolia) (méng)
 * 44) China: Banners & Autonomous banners (qí & zìzhìqí)*
 * 45) China: Historic: zhou / fu (usu. translated as "provinces", "prefectures", or "departments")
 * 46) China: Historic Circuits (dao / lu)
 * 47) Departments of Colombia (es: departamento)
 * 48) Regions of the Republic of the Congo (fr: region)
 * 49) Cantons of Costa Rica (es: canton)
 * 50) Provinces of Costa Rica (es: provincia)
 * 51) Counties of Croatia (zupanija)
 * 52) Provinces of Cuba (es: provincia)
 * 53) Districts of Cyprus
 * 54) Regions of Czechia (kraj)
 * 55) Counties of Denmark(*?) (amt) [historic]
 * 56) Municipalities of Denmark(*) (komune)
 * 57) Districts of Djibouti
 * 58) Parishes of Dominica
 * 59) Provinces of the Dominican Republic (es: provincia)
 * 60) Provinces of Ecuador (es: provincia)
 * 61) Departments of El Salvador (es: departamento)
 * 62) Counties of Estonia (maakond)
 * 63) Regions of Ethiopia (kilil)
 * 64) Provinces of Equatorial Guinea (provincia?)
 * 65) Divisions of Fiji
 * 66) Provinces of Finland* (lääni,län)
 * 67) Departments of Gabon
 * 68) Provinces of Gabon (fr: province)
 * 69) Regions of Ghana
 * 70) Prefectures of Greece* (el: nomos)
 * 71) Provinces of Greece (el: eparcheia)
 * 72) Parishes of Grenada
 * 73) Departments of Guatemala (es: departamento)
 * 74) Prefectures of Guinea
 * 75) Regions of Guinea-Bissau
 * 76) Departments of Honduras (es: departamento)
 * 77) Regencies of Indonesia* (id: kabupaten)
 * 78) Provinces of Iran
 * 79) Governorates of Iraq (muhafazah)
 * 80) Districts of Israel (mehozot)
 * 81) Parishes of Jamaica
 * 82) Prefectures of Japan (to / dō / fu / ken)
 * 83) Subprefectures in Hokkaidō (shichō)
 * 84) Districts of Japan(*?) (gun)
 * 85) Provinces of Japan (kuni) [historic]
 * 86) Provinces of Kazakhstan (oblys)
 * 87) Provinces of Kenya
 * 88) Korea (North): Provinces* (to), Directly governed cities* (chikhalsi)
 * 89) Korea (South): Provinces* (do), special cities* (teukbyeolsi), metropolitan cities* (gwangyeoksi), cities* (si), counties (gun), wards (gu)
 * 90) Provinces of Kyrgyzstan (oblast)
 * 91) Provinces of Laos* (khoueng)
 * 92) Districts of Laos (muang)
 * 93) Municipalities of Latvia (novads)
 * 94) Districts of Lebanon (qadaa)
 * 95) Governorates of Lebanon (muhafazah)
 * 96) Districts of Lesotho
 * 97) Counties of Liberia (?)
 * 98) Counties of Lithuania (apskritis)
 * 99) Provinces of Madagascar (?)
 * 100) Districts of Mauritius* REVIEW
 * 101) Provinces of Mongolia (aymag) in line with provinces of Outer Mongolia [historic]
 * 102) Provinces of Mozambique
 * 103) States of Myanmar
 * 104) Divisions of Myanmar
 * 105) Regions of Namibia*
 * 106) Districts of Nauru
 * 107) Constituencies of Nauru
 * 108) Provinces of New Zealand* [historic]
 * 109) Regions of New Zealand*
 * 110) Territorial Authorities of New Zealand* (mostly Districts)
 * 111) Departments of Nicaragua
 * 112) States of Nigeria
 * 113) Provinces of the Ottoman Empire* [historic]
 * 114) Districts of Pakistan (zilla)
 * 115) Provinces of Pakistan*
 * 116) Provinces of Panama (provincia)
 * 117) Provinces of Papua New Guinea*
 * 118) Departments of Paraguay (es: departamento)
 * 119) Districts of Peru (es: distrito)
 * 120) Provinces of Peru (es: provincia)
 * 121) Regions of Peru (es: region)
 * 122) Regions of the Philippines* (es: rehiyon)
 * 123) Provinces of the Philippines* (Filipino: lalawigan or probinsya) REVIEW
 * 124) Counties of Poland* (es: powiat)
 * 125) Voivodeships of Poland
 * 126) Counties of Romania (judet)
 * 127) Provinces of the Roman Empire* (la: provincia) [historic]
 * 128) Provinces of Rwanda (intara)
 * 129) Parishes of Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * 130) Quarters of Saint Lucia*
 * 131) Parishes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * 132) Provinces of Saudi Arabia* (mintaqah)
 * 133) Provinces of São Tomé and Príncipe (pt:?)
 * 134) Regions of Senegal (region)
 * 135) Districts of Serbia (okrug)
 * 136) Provinces of Sierra Leone
 * 137) Regions of Slovakia (sk: kraj)
 * 138) Provinces of the Solomon Islands
 * 139) Provinces of South Africa
 * 140) Provinces of Sri Lanka
 * 141) Districts of Swaziland*
 * 142) Counties of Sweden (län)
 * 143) Municipalities of Sweden (singular:kommun, plural:kommuner)
 * 144) Republic of China (Taiwan): Provinces* (shěng), Municipalities* (zhíxiáshì), Provincial cities* (shěngxiáshì), Counties (xiàn), County-controlled cities (xiànxiáshì), Districts* (qū)
 * 145) Provinces of Thailand (changwat)
 * 146) Provinces of Turkey (il)
 * 147) Provinces of Turkmenistan (welayat)
 * 148) Counties of the United States
 * 149) Provinces of Uzbekistan (viloyat)
 * 150) Departments of Uruguay (es: departamento)
 * 151) Provinces of Vanuatu
 * 152) States of Venezuela (es: estado) REVIEW
 * 153) Municipalities of Venezuela (es: municipio)
 * 154) Provinces of Vietnam (tinh)
 * 155) Provinces of Zambia
 * 156) Provinces of Zimbabwe*
 * 157) Districts of Zimbabwe

X Local - [6]

 * 1) Oblasts of Russia (=province)
 * 2) Krais of Russia (=territory)
 * 3) Oblasts of Ukraine (=province)
 * 4) Raions of Ukraine
 * 5) Tehsils of Pakistan
 * 6) Upazilas of Bangladesh

X english - [0]

 * Regions of Japan (not official, that means no subnational entities)*

X (english) - [9]

 * 1) Provinces of Belgium* (provincie,provinz,province =province)
 * 2) Rural districts of Germany* (Landkreis)
 * 3) Counties of Hungary* (megye)
 * 4) Districts of Luxembourg (district)
 * 5) Cantons of Luxembourg (canton)
 * 6) States of Mexico* (estado)
 * 7) Provinces of the Netherlands* (provincie)
 * 8) Autonomous communities of Spain
 * 9) Districts of Switzerland* (Bezirk, district)

X (local) - [2]

 * 1) Comarcas of Spain* (=county?)
 * 2) Departments of France* (fr. département)

English X - [1]

 * 1) Counties of Ireland

Local X - [1]

 * 1) Regions of Denmark

English of X - [2]

 * 1) Cantons of Switzerland* (current English use)
 * 2) Provinces of Italy (it: provincia)

not subnational: Despotate of Epirus, Empire of Trebizond, Empire of Nicaea