Wikipedia:WikiProject Assam/List of spellings of place and area names

Introduction

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There have been various observations regarding the consistency in the spelling of place and area names in Assam and Guwahati in particular. This page is dedicated towards achieving a consensus on the appropriate spellings to be used consistently across wikipedia for these items.

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If you are looking for the Naming convention bear in mind it is still pending valuable debate.

List

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The item in bold is put forward as the spelling to be used with various alternatives in parentheses. N.B. For any change or addition do include the rational in your edit comments.

  • Boxisto (Basista)
  • Canmary (Chanmari) !!! (Chandmari)
  • Citracol (Chitrachal)
  • Digholy Pukhury (Dighali Pukhuri)
  • Fanci Bozaar (Fancy Bazaar)
  • Gonexguri(Ganeshguri)
  • Hengerabary (Hengerabari)
  • Jalukbary (Jalukbari)
  • Meghadoot Cinema (Meghdoot Cinema)
  • Panjabary (Panjabari)
  • Pan Bozaar (Pan Bazaar)
  • Polton Bozaar (Paltan Bazaar)
  • Ujan Bozaar (Uzan Bazaar)
  • Ulubary (Ulubari)
  • Xoraighat (Saraighat)

The initial list above is copied from the discussion in the Guwahati talk page. Try to keep it alphabetically sorted.