Meaning Of The Word Proper noun

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Proper noun Meaning

Proper noun Definition
Proper noun Definition

What's The Definition Of Proper noun?

proper noun
countable noun: A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, organization, or thing. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. Examples are ' Margaret', ' London', and 'the United Nations'. Compare common noun.

proper noun in American English
noun: a noun that is not normally preceded by an article or other limiting modifier, as any or some, and that is arbitrarily used to denote a particular person, place, or thing without regard to any descriptive meaning the word or phrase may have, as Lincoln, B

proper noun in British English
noun: the name of a person, place, or object, as for example Iceland, Patrick, or Uranus

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