diff --git a/scripts/geodata/osm/osm_address_training_data.py b/scripts/geodata/osm/osm_address_training_data.py
index fd03e1e3..6f6dde60 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/osm/osm_address_training_data.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/osm/osm_address_training_data.py
@@ -498,12 +498,13 @@ def build_ways_training_data(language_rtree, infile, out_dir):
             continue
 
         for lang, val in name_language.iteritems():
-            for s in val:
-                if lang in languages:
-                    writer.writerow((lang, country, tsv_string(s)))
-                    abbrev = osm_abbreviate(street_types_gazetteer, s, lang, abbreviate_prob=1.0, separate_prob=0.5)
-                    if abbrev != s:
-                        writer.writerow((lang, country, tsv_string(abbrev)))
+            for v in val:
+                for s in v.split(';'):
+                    if lang in languages:
+                        writer.writerow((lang, country, tsv_string(s)))
+                        abbrev = osm_abbreviate(street_types_gazetteer, s, lang, abbreviate_prob=1.0, separate_prob=0.5)
+                        if abbrev != s:
+                            writer.writerow((lang, country, tsv_string(abbrev)))
             if i % 1000 == 0 and i > 0:
                 print('did {} ways'.format(i))
             i += 1