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(C) Conventional: a common English-language name for a feature, approved by the US BGN for use in addition to, or in lieu of, a US BGN-approved local official name or in an area where English is not the official language. Example: Rome (the capital of Italy). | |
(N) Approved: the US BGN-approved local official name for a geographic feature. Example: Roma (the capital of Italy). | |
(P) Provisional: a geographic name of a feature for which the territorial status is not finally determined or not recognized by the United States. | |
(D) Unverified: a feature name derived from a source whose official status cannot be verified by the US BGN. | |
(V) Variant: a former name, a name other than the official name that is found to be in local use, or any other name or spelling found on various sources. | |
(VA) Anglicized: a special class of Variant name representing an English-language form of an approved local name. |
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