Wikipedia:WikiProject Country subdivisions/Naming

Introduction

Related pages

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (places)
• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (country subdivisions)
• Wikipedia: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
   1. used by: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Rivers#Naming
2. trailing no-bracket uppercase English - X English - [153]
   1. used by: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Rivers#Naming
3. trailing no-bracket uppercase local - X Local - [3]
4. trailing no-bracket lowercase English - X English - [1]
5. trailing no-bracket lowercase local - X local - [0]
6. trailing bracket lowercase English - X (English) - [8]
7. trailing bracket uppercase English - X (English), Someprovince e.g. Köprübaşı (District), Manisa - [?]
8. trailing bracket lowercase English - X (local) - [1]
9. leading no-bracket uppercase English - English of X - [1]
10. leading no-bracket uppercase English - English X - [1] (Ireland only)
    1. used by: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Rivers#Naming
11. 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"

trailing - [169]

X Subdivision - [158]

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 subdivision - [0]

X english - [0]

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

X (subdivision) - [11]

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)

leading - [4]

Subdivision X - [2]

English X - [1]

1. Counties of Ireland

Local X - [1]

1. Regions of Denmark

Subdivision of X - [2]

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