---
name: "libuninameslist"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libuninameslist"
version: "20260918-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libuninameslist"
---

# libuninameslist(3)

Unicode Names and Annotations List

## NAME

libuninameslist - Unicode Names and Annotations List

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<uninameslist.h\>**\
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## DESCRIPTION

The **libuninameslist** library provides the ability for a program to fetch unicode **names** and **annotations** as described by www.unicode.org in a text file called **NamesList.txt**

## OPTIONS

This library package comes with an optional Python wrapper called *uninameslist.py* and an optional French nameslist library called *libuninameslist-fr*

## AUTHOR

Read *AUTHORS* file for everyone involved in making **libuninameslist**