a name applied to a particular object, whether person, place, or thing
a noun that designates a particular being or thing and does not take a limiting modifer
a noun that is the name of a person or a thing
a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing
a noun which names or designates a particular or specific being or thing
a particular person, place, or thing, and is always capitalized
a person, place, or thing that has an official name
a person's name (George), the name of a city (Nassau), a month of the year (January), or a company (Abacom) - any specific name of a person, place or thing
a subset of noun which is not allowed in Scrabble
A noun that is the name of a particular person, animal, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns begin with capital letters and are usually not preceded by the e.g. Franklin, Costa Rica, Online NetGrammar, Apollo 13, etc.
a name belonging to an individual or place. For example, "Amy" and "Cardiff" are proper nouns. Regrettably, so is "Prince Andrew".
The personal name of people or places, they are usually used without articles. Always starts with a capital letter. Your own name is a proper noun. Official titles are also proper nouns. For example: Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister, President etc... See also noun.
The name of a particular person ( Frank Sinatra), place ( Boston), or thing ( Moby Dick). Proper nouns are capitalized. Common nouns name classes of people ( singers), places ( cities), or things ( books) and are not capitalized.
A noun belonging to the class of words used as names for individuals or places. For example, Clinton or Boston.
An abstract name assignment eg. Fred; Emily; Jehovah; Paris; Guinness
A proper noun is a noun that picks out a unique entity. This sets proper nouns apart from common nouns, which pick out classes of entities. In English, proper nouns use title capitalization whereas common nouns are generally written in lowercase.