Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Biography

Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

AAV

Asociación Argentina de Vexilología

In Spanish

ACV

Associació Catalana de Vexillologia

In Spanish

ACV

Association Canadienne de Vexillologie

In French

ADNFE

Association de Défense de la Noblesse Française et Étrangère

In French

AFEIV

Association Française d'Études Internationale de Vexillologie

In French

AFEIV

Association Française d'Êtudes Internationales de Vexillologie

In French

AGRR

Association Généalogique de Relevés et de Recherches

In French

BB

Brigitte Bardot

In many languages

BDA

Burgee Data Archives

In English

CAHV
Croatian Association for Heraldry and Vexillology

= HDZG | Hrvatsko Društvo za Zastave i Grbove | In Croatian

In English

CBD

Chinese Biographical Database

In English

CBFA

Chesapeake Bay Flag Association (http://cbfa.vexillology.info)

In English

CEBED

Centre Belgo-Européen d'Études des Drapeaux

In French

CFA

Canadian Flag Association

In English

CFZ

Centrum Flagi Ziemi

In Polish

CGA

Cercle Généalogique d’Alsace

In French

CGMP

Cercle Généalogique de Maine et Perche

In French

CGMP

Centre Généalogique du Midi-Provence (https://cgmp-provence.org/)

In French

CILANE

Commission de Liaison et d’Information des Associations Nobles d’Europe

In French

CISV

Centro Italiano Studi Vessillologici (www.cisv.it)

In Italian

CSVA

Confederate States Vexillological Association

In English

CVE

Cumann Vexilleolaioch na hÉireann

In Irish

CofFEE

Confederation of Flag and Ensign Enthusiasts

In English

DAGV

Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogischer Verbände (https://www.dagv.org/)

In German

DBC

Dictionnaire Biographique des Cheminots

In French

DBE

Dictionnaire Biographique des Enseignants et personnels de l’éducation

In French

DBFE

Dictionnaire Biographique des Fusillés et Exécutés

In French

DBGE

Dictionnaire Biographique des Gaziers-Électriciens

In French

DBMVM

Dictionnaire Biographique des Militants du Val-de-Marne

In French

DGF

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde (www.flaggenkunde.de)

In German

FFG

Fédération Française de Généalogie (https://genefede.eu/)

In French

FFS

Frostbite Flag Society

In English

FHF

Flag Heritage Foundation

In English

FI

Flag Institute (www.flaginstitute.org)

In English

FIAV

Fédération Internationale des Associations Vexillologiques (www.fiav.org)

In French

FLRSL

Flag Research Centre of Sri Lanka

In English

FRC

Flag Research Center (www.flagresearchcenter.com)

In English

FSA

Flags Society of Australia (www.flagsaustralia.com.au)

In English

GWAV

Great Waters Association of Vexillology

In English

HAVSOM

Heraldry and Vexilology Society of Malta

In English

HDZG
Hrvatsko Društvo za Zastave i Grbove

= CAHV, HDZG (see above)

In Croatian

HKK

Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid

In Dutch

HSFS

Heraldry Society, Flag Section

In English

IHW

Instytut Heraldyczno-Weksylologiczny

In Polish

IMB

Institut de la Maison de Bourbon

In French

ISH

Institut des Sciences Historiques

In French

IVA

Indian Vexillological Association

In English

JAVA

Japanese Vexillological Association

In English

KVV
Kevarzhe Vannielouriezh Vreizh

= SBV | Société Bretonne de Vexillologie | In French

In Breton

LLZ

Lazaro Ludoviko Zamenhof

In Esperanto

MZT

Magyarországi Záslo Társaság

In Polish

NAAAID

National Association of Americans of Asian Indian Descent

In English

NAVA

North American Vexillological Association (https://nava.org/)

In English

NEVA

New England Vexillological Association

In English

NFF

National Flag Foundation (www.americanflags.org)

In English

NVvV

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vlaggenkunde

In Dutch

NZFA

New Zealand Flag Association

In English

OGHB

Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique

In French

PH

Partioheraldikot

In Finnish

PTW

Polskie Towarzystwo Weksylologizne

In Polish

RCVH

Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry

In English

RNP

Réunion de la Noblesse Pontificale

In French

SAVA

Southern African Vexillological Association

In English

SBH

Stichting voor Banistiek en Heraldiek

In Dutch

SBV
Société Bretonne de Vexillologie

= KVV, SBV (see above)

In French

SEV

Sociedad Española de Vexilología (www.vexilologia.org)

In Spanish

SFV

Société Française de Vexillologie

In French

SGFF
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Fahnen- und Flaggenkunde (www.vexilla.ch)

= SSV | Société Suisse de Vexillologie | In French
= SSV | Società Svizzera di Vessillologia | In Italian

In German

SHS

Societas Heraldica Slovenica

In Latin

SRV

Societatea Românâ de Vexilologie

In Romanian

SSV
Société Suisse de Vexillologie (www.vexilla.ch)

= SGFF, SSV (see above)

In French

SSV
Società Svizzera di Vessillologia (www.vexilla.ch)

= SGFF, SSV (see above)

In Italian

SVAL

Société Vexillologique d’Alsace-Lorraine

In French

SVB

Societas Vexillologica Belgica

In Latin

SVI

Středisko Vexilologcký Informací

In Czech

SVO

Société Vexillologique de l'Ouest

In French

TIFS

Tennessee Institute for Flag Studies

In English

TWMF

Tumbling Waters Museum of Flags

In English

UHT

Ukrayins’ke Heral’dychne Tovarystvo

In Ukrainian

UHT

Українсьҝе ґералъдичне товариство

In Ukrainian

USFF

United States Flag Foundation

In English

VAST

Vexillological Association of the State of Texas

In English

VCDN

Vlaggen Documentatie Centrum Nederland

In Dutch

VSHS

Västra Sveriges Heraldiska Sällskap

In Swedish

WVRI

World Vexillological Research Institute

In English

ZHK

Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid

In Dutch