proper names
Capitalized identifying words
Proper names are words that identify specific individual people, places, or things rather than general categories: Sarah, Tokyo, the Eiffel Tower.
In English, proper names are capitalized to distinguish them from common nouns.
A proper name may become common through widespread use—kleenex from Kleenex, xerox from Xerox—losing its capitalization as it generalizes.
- PicassoSpanish cubism co-founder
- matronymicName from mother's name
- surnameHereditary family identifier
- place namesGeographic designations
- personal namesIdentifying labels for individuals
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- Star NamesSirius, Polaris, Vega, Betelgeuse, Rigel
- capitalizationuppercase, lowercase, capital letters, caps, title case
- Star CatalogsMessier, catalog numbers, designations, Tycho, HIP
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