To / In and From places, cities, and countries

	Places			Cities			Countries
Masc.	au	du		à	de		au	du
Fem.	à la	de la		à	de		en	de
Vowel	à l'	de l'		à	d'		en	d'
Plural	aux	des		aux	des		aux	des

If the name of a country, continent, island, state or province
ends with an e, the gender is feminine.  If it ends in anything
else, it is masculine.  The exceptions are le Cambodge, le Maine, le Mexique,
le Zaïre and le Mozambique.  Some cities have an article as well,
such as La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans).

Prepositions with American States

	To / In	From
Feminine	en	de
Islands	à	de / d'
Masc. w/ Vowel	en / dans l'	d' / de l'
Masc. w/ Consonant	dans le	du

Californie, Caroline du Nord / Sud, Floride, Géorgie, Louisiane,
Pennsylvanie, and Virginie are the feminine states.  The exception to
the masculine beginning with a consonant rule is Texas:  in / to Texas
is au Texas.

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