Answers.Body: <p>You could use the category handle.</p>
  
  <p>If that doesn't suit your requirements, you can associate custom fields with categories, same as you can with entries.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a category group called <code>country</code>, with each category being the name of a country.  I used the full name of the country.<br>
  I realize I might want to use each country's 2-digit code.  For example, AU for Australia.</p>
  
  <p><strong>How might I implement the abbreviations to associate with the category?</strong>  </p>
  
  <p>Put another way, how can I use the 2-digit code as an alias for the full country name?</p>
  
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Title: How can I use an alias for a category?
ThreadText: # How can I use an alias for a category?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-07)
  
  I have a category group called `country`, with each category being the name of a country. I used the full name of the country.  
  I realize I might want to use each country's 2-digit code. For example, AU for Australia.
  
  **How might I implement the abbreviations to associate with the category?**
  
  Put another way, how can I use the 2-digit code as an alias for the full country name?
  
  **Tags:** templating
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-03-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  You could use the category handle.
  
  If that doesn't suit your requirements, you can associate custom fields with categories, same as you can with entries.
  
  
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