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Dartmouth Editorial Style Guide

Version 1.1.2 - July, 2008

Other abbreviations

Months
January-Jan.
February-Feb
March (not abbreviated)
April (not abbreviated)
May (not abbreviated)
June (not abbreviated)
July (not abbreviated)
August-Aug.
September-Sept.
October-Oct.
November-Nov.
December-Dec.

States
Alaska (not abbreviated)
Alabama-Ala.
Arizona-Ariz.
Arkansas-Ark.
California-Calif.
Colorado-Colo.
Connecticut-Conn.
Delaware-Del.
Florida-Fla.
Georgia-Ga.
Hawaii (not abbreviated)
Idaho (not abbreviated)
Illinois-Ill.
Indiana-Ind.
Iowa (not abbreviated)
Kansas-Kan.
Kentucky-Ky.
Louisiana-La.
Maine (not abbreviated)
Maryland-Md.
Massachusetts-Mass.
Michigan-Mich.
Minnesota-Minn.
Mississippi-Miss.
Missouri-Mo.
Montana-Mont.
Nebraska-Neb.
Nevada-Nev.
New Hampshire-N.H.
New Jersey-N.J.
New Mexico-N.M.
New York-N.Y.
North Carolina-N.C.
North Dakota-N.D.
Ohio (not abbreviated)
Oklahoma-Okla.
Oregon-Ore.
Pennsylvania-Pa.
Rhode Island-R.I.
South Carolina-S.C.
South Dakota-S.D.
Tennessee-Tenn.
Texas (not abbreviated)
Utah (not abbreviated)
Vermont-Vt.
Virginia-Va.
Washington-Wash.
West Virginia-W.Va.
Wisconsin-Wis.
Wyoming-Wyo.

US Territories
American Samoa (not abbreviated)
Guam (not abbreviated)
Puerto Rico-P.R.
Virgin Islands-V.I.Use commas to set off nonrestrictive clauses or phrases. Use the word that

Cities
No state is necessary when referring to the following US cities:
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington

No country is necesary when referring to the following international cities:
Beijing
Berlin
Djibouti
Geneva
Gibraltar
Guatemala City
Havana
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
Kuwait City
London
Luxembourg
Macau
Mexico City
Monaco
Montreal
Moscow
New Delhi
Ottawa
Paris
Quebec City
Rome
San Marino
Singapore
Tokyo
Toronto
Vatican City

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