# Internationalization — Display names

> After introducing so many options and behaviors, you may wonder how to present them to the user.

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## Knowledge

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After introducing so many options and behaviors, you may wonder how to present them to the user. Intl comes with two useful APIs for building user interfaces: {{jsxref("Intl.supportedValuesOf()")}} and {{jsxref("Intl.DisplayNames")}}.

The {{jsxref("Intl.supportedValuesOf()")}} function returns an array of supported values for a given option. For example, you can use it to populate a dropdown list of supported calendars, from which users can select to display dates.

But often, these identifiers are not user-friendly. For example, you may want to show the calendars in the user's language, or unabbreviate them. The {{jsxref("Intl.DisplayNames")}} object is useful for this. It's like a formatter, but it's not template-based. Instead, it is a direct mapping from language-agnostic identifiers to localized names. It supports formatting languages, regions, scripts (the three subfields of a BCP 47 language tag), currency, calendar, and date-time fields.

{{EmbedLiveSample("display_names", "", 300)}}

{{PreviousNext("Web/JavaScript/Guide/Resource_management", "Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules")}}

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