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Australian English Place Names Data Set

The Australian Place Names Data Set contains almost two thousand Australian place names, including many geographical features, towns, suburbs and prominent locations. 

Key Features

  • 1,900+ Entries: The data set includes the IPA pronunciation for each word, MD and HCE phonemic transcriptions along with Macquarie Dictionary’s ”Say” pronunciations that capture the nuances of Australian English. 
  • Standardised Australian Spelling: Includes only the preferred Australian English spellings for each place name to ensure consistency.
  • Authoritative Source: Extracted from the Macquarie Dictionary, Australia’s national dictionary and the leading authority on Australian English.

Use Cases for Australian Place Names Data

  • AI, LLM & Vector Search Training: Empower Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and voice assistants with authentic Australian entity recognition. Prevents mispronunciations and hallucinated location names in regional AI interfaces.
  • Media, Publishing & Broadcast House Style: Provide newsrooms, sub-editors, and educational publishers with an unambiguous reference for Australian place name spelling, hyphens, prefixes, and pronunciations. 
  • Localise Global Content: Ensure your content is market ready and meets local standards. 
  • Train Overseas Staff: Increase customer satisfaction by helping staff speak confidently with Australians from any part of the country. 

Licensing

Macquarie Pronunciation data is available to license for commercial and research projects. Contact us for more information.