postal abbreviation
C571
concept
A postal abbreviation is a standardized short form of a geographic or administrative name used by postal services to streamline addressing and mail processing.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| postcode area | 97 |
| postal abbreviation canonical | 41 |
| United States Postal Service state abbreviation | 28 |
| postal service | 16 |
| legal abbreviation | 9 |
| U.S. postal abbreviation | 4 |
| United States postal abbreviation | 4 |
| Canada Post abbreviation | 3 |
| postal geography | 3 |
| state abbreviation | 2 |
| state postal code | 2 |
| two-letter abbreviation | 2 |
| Chinese provincial abbreviation | 1 |
| U.S. Postal Service state abbreviation | 1 |
| U.S. state postal abbreviation | 1 |
| two-letter postal code | 1 |
| two-letter state abbreviation | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: postal abbreviation
Generated description
A postal abbreviation is a standardized short form of a geographic or administrative name used by postal services to streamline addressing and mail processing.
Instances (182)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Canada Post | postal service |
|
SG
surface form:
SG postcode area
|
postcode area |
| NB | — |
|
BH
surface form:
BH postcode area
|
postcode area |
| DC | U.S. postal abbreviation |
|
GL
surface form:
GL postcode area
|
postcode area |
| CO | United States Postal Service state abbreviation |
|
PE
surface form:
PE postcode area
|
postcode area |
| AZ | United States Postal Service state abbreviation |
| WY | United States Postal Service state abbreviation |
| CA | U.S. postal abbreviation |
|
DA
surface form:
DA postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
SL
surface form:
SL postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
RG
surface form:
RG postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
HG
surface form:
HG postcode area
|
postcode area |
| KY | United States Postal Service state abbreviation |
| United States Postal Service | postal service |
| EC postcode area | postcode area |
|
TN
surface form:
TN postcode area
|
postcode area |
| WC postcode area | postcode area |
| YT | — |
|
SS
surface form:
SS postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
BR
surface form:
BR postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
WV
surface form:
WV postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
BD
surface form:
BD postcode area
|
postcode area |
| MI | United States Postal Service state abbreviation |
|
DH
surface form:
DH postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
CM
surface form:
CM postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
CO
surface form:
CO postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
DN
surface form:
DN postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
PO
surface form:
PO postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
HP
surface form:
HP postcode area
|
postcode area |
| FL | United States Postal Service state abbreviation |
| Bromley postcode area | postcode area |
|
UB
surface form:
UB postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
YO
surface form:
YO postcode area
|
postcode area |
| MK | postcode area |
|
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST)
surface form:
Nigerian Postal Service
|
postal service |
| Dame J | legal abbreviation |
|
TD
surface form:
TD postcode area
|
postcode area |
| Royal Mail | postal service |
| EC | postcode area |
|
BS
surface form:
BS postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
SY
surface form:
SY postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
BT
surface form:
BT postcode area
|
postcode area |
| NP postcode area | postcode area |
| TPA | legal abbreviation |
| ID | United States Postal Service state abbreviation |
|
DY
surface form:
DY postcode area
|
postcode area |
|
CB
surface form:
CB postcode area
|
postcode area |