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| colspan="10" |The U.S. Board on Geographic Names sets U.S. government usage in geography. The “conventional” name is the name BGN deems suitable for English language usage. The “approved” name is the official name in the local language (or official Romanization if the local script is non-Latin).
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| colspan="10" |The U.S. Board on Geographic Names sets U.S. government usage in geography. The “conventional” name is the name BGN deems suitable for English language usage. The “approved” name is the official name in the local language.  
 
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For biography, ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' recommends ''Merriam-Webster’s Biographical Dictionary'' and ''International Who's Who''.<ref>A full list is [http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/bib4.html here].</ref> For geography, CMOS recommends ''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary''.<ref>CMOS, p. 403, “For the spelling of names of places, consult ''Merriam-Webster’s Geographical Dictionary.''</ref> British style guides recommend Oxford spelling.<ref>''New Hart's Rules'' (2014), p. 48. “A good dictionary such as ''Concise Oxford English Dictionary'' or ''The Oxford Dictionary of English'' should be consulted on matters of spelling and inflection."</ref> An encyclopedia should give the reader the correct English-language name of the subject, which in this case is something that all the relevant references and style guides agree on.
 
For biography, ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' recommends ''Merriam-Webster’s Biographical Dictionary'' and ''International Who's Who''.<ref>A full list is [http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/bib4.html here].</ref> For geography, CMOS recommends ''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary''.<ref>CMOS, p. 403, “For the spelling of names of places, consult ''Merriam-Webster’s Geographical Dictionary.''</ref> British style guides recommend Oxford spelling.<ref>''New Hart's Rules'' (2014), p. 48. “A good dictionary such as ''Concise Oxford English Dictionary'' or ''The Oxford Dictionary of English'' should be consulted on matters of spelling and inflection."</ref> An encyclopedia should give the reader the correct English-language name of the subject, which in this case is something that all the relevant references and style guides agree on.
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