Shortest WHS names

Full names of WHS as they were inscribed, with the fewest of letters.

WHS Names

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Aksum 5 letters
Anjar 5 letters
Bagan 5 letters
Delos 5 letters
Hatra 5 letters
Petra 5 letters
Susa 4 letters
Tiya 4 letters
Tyre 4 letters in English, 3 in French (Tyr)
Yin Xu 5 letters

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