[Tagging] name of river/admin area

[John F. Eldredge]

Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> I can't find any guidance or consistency in the data, so I thought I'd
> 
> let up a balloon here...
> 
> Should the name=* for a river include the word "River"? Is it 
> "name=Thames" or "name=River Thames"?
> 
> According to the wiki [1] we should only use "Thames" in this case. If
> 
> we consider "River Thames" to be the "full name" we can put that in 
> full_name or official_name.
> 
> The word "River" doesn't always precede the name: there are many 
> examples of XXX River (e.g. Hudson River in NYC). Because of this I 
> think we should put the "full name" somewhere.

At least in American usage, the form X River is much more common than River X.  Having the word City as part of a city name is also unusual, except in cases where it is needed to clarify what you are talking about, such as New York City vs. the state of New York.

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