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In https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T51385#577687, @bzimport wrote:

> **neil** wrote:
> Dutch:
>
> N Noord
>  Z Zuid
>  O Oost
>  W West


This is not correct!

Note that the cardinal directions (the directions in a compass) are something 
different than the labels of coordinates. The English N, E, S and W used in 
coordinates are derived from Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Southern 
Hemisphere, and Western Hemisphere. For most languages this results in the same 
abbreviation as the ones for North, East, South and West. However for example 
for Dutch it is different. Like "on 30 degrees north" would be translated as 
"op 30 graden noorderbreedte" (literally "on 30 degrees northern latitude"), 
short version: 30° NB.

The Dutch abbreviations for coordinates are:
NB - noorderbreedte
ZB - zuiderbreedte
OL - oosterlengte
WL - westerlengte

See also: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:I18n/coordinates


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