Alternative naming schemes for AWS regions
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Purpose
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The intent is to define terse, standards-supported names for AWS regions.

Schemes
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| Region        | Location      | Launched | AWS code         | A1      | A2      | B       |
|---------------|---------------|----------|------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| US East       | N. Virginia   | 2006     | `us-east-1`      | `usea1` | `use1`  | `usva`  |
| US West       | N. California | 2011     | `us-west-1`      | `uswe1` | `usw1`  | `usca`  |
| US West       | Oregon        | 2009     | `us-west-2`      | `uswe2` | `usw2`  | `usor`  |
| EU            | Ireland       | 2007     | `eu-west-1`      | `euwe1` | `euw1`  | `ied`   |
| EU            | Frankfurt     | 2014     | `eu-central-1`   | `euce1` | `euc1`  | `dehe`  |
| Asia Pacific  | Singapore     | 2010     | `ap-southeast-1` | `apse1` | `apse1` | `sg`    |
| Asia Pacific  | Sydney        | 2012     | `ap-southeast-2` | `apse2` | `apse2` | `aunsw` |
| Asia Pacific  | Tokyo         | 2011     | `ap-northeast-1` | `apne1` | `apne1` | `jp13`  |
| South America | Saõ Paulo     | 2011     | `sa-east-1`      | `saea1` | `sae1`  | `brsp`  |
| China         | Beijing       | 2013     | `cn-north-1`     | `cnno1` | `cnn1`  | `cn11`  |

| Code | Description                                 |
|------|---------------------------------------------|
| A1   | Abbreviated AWS code (eual length)          |
| A2   | Abbreviated AWS code                        |
| B    | Concatenated ISO 3166 code                  |

### Capital-delimited codes for variable-width fonts

| AWS code       | A1    | A2    | B     |
|----------------|-------|-------|-------|
| us-east-1      | USea1 | USe1  | USva  |
| us-west-1      | USwe1 | USw1  | USca  |
| us-west-2      | USwe2 | USw2  | USor  |
| eu-west-1      | EUwe1 | EUw1  | IEd   |
| eu-central-1   | EUce1 | EUc1  | DEhe  |
| ap-southeast-1 | APse1 | APse1 | SG    |
| ap-southeast-2 | APse2 | APse2 | AUnsw |
| ap-northeast-1 | APne1 | APne1 | JP13  |
| sa-east-1      | SAea1 | SAe1  | BRsp  |
| cn-north-1     | CNno1 | CNn1  | CN11  |