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actually country-specific. Often what may look like a country adjective is really describing a set of people or a language. Notice that "
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When using the "(item) (preposition) (country)" form, "(item)" should be in the national variety of English used in "(country)".
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This will usually hold true in other geography-specific topics, such as for cities, continents, provinces, states, etc.
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Articles which deal with an aspect of a country or region generally take the form "Foo of Country (noun)", such as
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In general, country-specific articles should be named using the form: "(item) of (country)".
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though some articles may be named "Country (adjective) foo" such as
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Knowledge (XXG):Article titles § National varieties of English
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It is important to be able to differentiate when a topic
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may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect
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Definite or indefinite article at beginning of name
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guideline
naming convention
exceptions
consensus
this guideline's talk page
Shortcut
WP:NCCST
Article titles
Category:Knowledge (XXG) naming conventions
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Books
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Ethnicities and tribes
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Astronomy
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