can you write a str.replace() using dictionary values in Python?

by 
address = "123 north anywhere street"

for word, initial in {"NORTH":"N", "SOUTH":"S" }.items():
    address = address.replace(word.lower(), initial)
print address

nice and concise and readable too.

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