Template:Tropical cyclone season name

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This template is used to convert abbreviations and acronyms for the names of tropical cyclone seasons into their full name, as used in the titles of the season articles on Wikipedia. Common and uncommon abbreviations, acronyms and shortenings are all supported, as well as other shortenings which could conceivably be used by those unfamiliar with the conventions of tropical cyclones.

Usage

This template takes only one unnamed parameter, which is an acronym, abbreviation or shortening of a basin name. The transclusion syntax is as follows:

{{Tropical cyclone basin name|INPUT}}

where INPUT is replaced by a valid entry from the following table:

Preferred inputs	Other possible inputs	Output
`Atlantic` `Atl` `AHS`	`NHCA`	Atlantic hurricane season
`Eastern Pacific` `EPac` `EP` `PHS`	`East Pacific` `Central Pacific` `CPac` `CP` `CPHS` `CHS` `NHCP` `CPHC`	Pacific hurricane season
`Western Pacific` `WPac` `WP` `PTS`	`West Pacific` `Typhoon` `WPTS` `WTS` `TY` `JMA`	Pacific typhoon season
`North Indian` `NI` `NIO` `NIOCS`	`North` `India` `Indian` `BOB` `ARB` `IMD`	North Indian Ocean cyclone season
`Australia` `Australian` `Aus` `ACS`	`BOM` `BM` `BMKG` `PNGNWS`	Australian region cyclone season
`South-West` `SWIO` `SWIOCS`	`Southwest` `South-West Indian` `Southwest Indian` `South Indian` `Africa` `SW` `MFR`	South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
`South Pacific` `SPac` `SP` `SPCS`	`Fiji` `New Zealand` `FMS` `NZMS` `NZ` `PCS`	South Pacific cyclone season

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