# Prefixes which can be stripped to normalize a place name # Note these will be stripped off the front at random, not every time prefixes: - city of - township of - town of - regional municipality of - rural city of - municipality of - borough of - london borough of - royal borough of - shire of - parish of - free state of - autonomous city of - territorial waters of - county of - county - district of # Suffixes which can be stripped to normalize a place name suffixes: - township - municipality - city - cp - civil parish