diff --git a/scripts/geodata/address_expansions/__init__.py b/scripts/geodata/address_expansions/__init__.py
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diff --git a/scripts/geodata/address_expansions/address_dictionaries.py b/scripts/geodata/address_expansions/address_dictionaries.py
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+import os
+import sys
+
+this_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+sys.path.append(os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.pardir, os.pardir)))
+
+from geodata.encoding import safe_encode, safe_decode
+
+ADDRESS_EXPANSIONS_DIR = os.path.join(this_dir, os.pardir, os.pardir, os.pardir,
+                                      'data', 'dictionaries')
+
+ADDRESS_DATA_FILE = os.path.join(os.pardir, os.pardir, os.pardir, 'src', 'address_expansion_data.c')
+
+
+address_language_index_template = u'{{{language}, {index}, {length}}}'
+address_expansion_rule_template = u'{{{phrase}, {dictionary}, {canonical_index}}}'
+
+
+address_expansion_data_file_template = u'''
+char *canonical_strings[] = {{
+    {canonical_strings}
+}};
+
+address_expansion_rule_t expansion_rules[] = {{
+    {expansion_rules}
+}};
+
+address_language_index_t languages[] = {{
+    {address_languages}
+}};
+'''
+
+
+class InvalidAddressFileException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def quote_string(s):
+    return u'"{}"'.format(safe_decode(s).replace('"', '\\"'))
+
+
+def create_address_expansion_rules_file(base_dir=ADDRESS_EXPANSIONS_DIR, output_file=ADDRESS_DATA_FILE):
+    address_languages = []
+    expansion_rules = []
+    canonical_strings = []
+
+    for language in os.listdir(base_dir):
+        language_dir = os.path.join(base_dir, language)
+
+        num_language_rules = 0
+        language_index = len(expansion_rules)
+
+        for filename in os.listdir(language_dir):
+            dictionary_name = filename.rstrip('.txt')
+            assert '.' not in dictionary_name
+
+            f = open(os.path.join(language_dir, filename))
+            for i, line in enumerate(f):
+                line = safe_decode(line.rstrip())
+                if not line.strip():
+                    continue
+
+                if u'}' in line:
+                    raise InvalidAddressFileException(u'found }} in file: {}/{}, line {}'.format(language, filename, i+1))
+                phrases = line.split(u'|')
+                if sum((1 for p in phrases if len(p.strip()) == 0)) > 0:
+                    raise InvalidAddressFileException(u'found blank synonym in: {}/{}, line {}'.format(language, filename, i+1))
+
+                canonical = phrases[0]
+                if len(phrases) > 1:
+                    canonical_index = len(canonical_strings)
+                    canonical_strings.append(quote_string(canonical))
+                else:
+                    canonical_index = -1
+
+                for p in phrases:
+                    rule_template = address_expansion_rule_template.format(phrase=quote_string(p),
+                                                                           dictionary=quote_string(dictionary_name),
+                                                                           canonical_index=canonical_index)
+                    expansion_rules.append(rule_template)
+                    num_language_rules += 1
+
+        address_languages.append(address_language_index_template.format(language=quote_string(language),
+                                                                        index=language_index,
+                                                                        length=num_language_rules))
+
+    data_file = address_expansion_data_file_template.format(
+        canonical_strings=u''',
+    '''.join(canonical_strings),
+        expansion_rules=u''',
+    '''.join(expansion_rules),
+        address_languages=u''',
+    '''.join(address_languages),
+    )
+
+    out = open(output_file, 'w')
+    out.write(safe_encode(data_file))
+    out.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        input_dir = sys.argv[1]
+    else:
+        input_dir = ADDRESS_EXPANSIONS_DIR
+
+    create_address_expansion_rules_file(base_dir=input_dir, output_file=ADDRESS_DATA_FILE)
diff --git a/src/address_expansion_rule.h b/src/address_expansion_rule.h
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+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "constants.h"
+
+typedef struct address_expansion_rule {
+    char *phrase;
+    uint64_t dictionary;
+    int32_t canonical_index;
+} address_expansion_rule_t;
+
+typedef struct address_language_index {
+    char language[MAX_LANGUAGE_LEN];
+    uint32_t index;
+    size_t len;
+} address_language_index_t;
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