title: Google Place API street type list
body: <p>I am using google place to retrieve address, and somehow we want the street(route in google terminology) to be separated into street name and street type. We also want the street type to match an existing column in database. <br/>
  But things get difficult when google place sometimes use <code>XXXX Street</code> and some times  <code>XXXX st</code><br/>
  For instance, this is a typical google address <br/></p>
  
  <pre><code>{
      administrative_area_level_1: ['short_name', 'VIC'],
      locality: ['long_name', 'Carlton'],
      postal_code: ['long_name', '3053'],
      route: ['long_name', 'Canada Ln'],
      street_number: ['short_name', '12'],
      subpremise: ['short_name', '13']
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it always shows Canada Lane in the suggestion box.</p>
  
  <p>And sometimes even worse when the abbreviation does not match my local data model. For instance we use <code>la</code> instead of <code>ln</code> for short of lane. <br/>
  It will be appreciated if anyone could tell me where to find a list of street type (and abbreviation) used by google API. Or Is there a way to disable the abbreviation option?</p>