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I'd like to rename the "Acronyms" section produced by the glossaries package because not all the terms I have included in it are actually acronyms but rather abbreviations.
The only way to change the name I have found so far is using babel to translate the name to another language. Is there a way to simply redefine the name and keep my document language?
If you're not using babel or translator or polyglossia then either my suggestion or @cgnieder's will work. (It would help if you could provide a minimal working example (MWE) when you ask a question.)
First option (see Displaying a Glossary in the user guide):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
\newacronym{abc}{ABC}{a sample acronym}
\begin{document}
\gls{abc}.
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,title={Abbreviations}]
\end{document}
Second option (see Changing the Fixed Names in the user guide):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
\newacronym{abc}{ABC}{a sample acronym}
\renewcommand*{\acronymname}{Abbreviations}
\begin{document}
\gls{abc}.
\printglossaries
\end{document}
Both the above will produce:
If you do decide to use babel (or if someone else happens on this question who wants a more general answer) either use option 1 above or:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[acronym,translate=babel]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
\newacronym{abc}{ABC}{a sample acronym}
\addto\captionsbritish
{%
\renewcommand*{\acronymname}{Abbreviations}
}
\begin{document}
\gls{abc}.
\printglossaries
\end{document}
In this specific case (use "Abbreviations" rather than "Acronyms") another possibility is to use the extension package glossaries-extra:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[nomain,% don't create 'main' glossary
abbreviations% create 'abbreviations' glossary
]{glossaries-extra}
\makeglossaries
\setabbreviationstyle{long-short}
\setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{short}
\newabbreviation{html}{HTML}{hypertext markup language}
\newacronym{nato}{NATO}{North Atlantic Treaty Organization}
\begin{document}
\gls{html} and \gls{nato}.
\printglossaries
\end{document}
\printglossarye.g.\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,title={Abbreviations}]\renewcommand*\acronymname{Abbreviations}?babelmay reset it if the language switches. There's more detail in Changing the Fixed Namesbabelmay change it. The question isn't very specific but unless I'm mistaken it reads like the OP doesn't (want to) usebabel...