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Proper Noun Definition And Example

Proper Noun Example In Sentence

A Proper Noun is the special name given to a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter. Examples include names of people, cities, countries, days of the week, and months.

List of 200 Proper Nouns

Names of People

  1. Alice
  2. David
  3. Emma
  4. Jack
  5. Olivia
  6. Michael
  7. Sarah
  8. Liam
  9. Jessica
  10. Benjamin

Names of Cities

  1. New York
  2. London
  3. Paris
  4. Tokyo
  5. Sydney
  6. Toronto
  7. Dubai
  8. Mumbai
  9. Berlin
  10. Rome

Names of Countries

  1. United States
  2. Canada
  3. Brazil
  4. Australia
  5. Japan
  6. India
  7. Germany
  8. Italy
  9. South Africa
  10. Mexico

Names of Days of the Week

  1. Monday
  2. Tuesday
  3. Wednesday
  4. Thursday
  5. Friday
  6. Saturday
  7. Sunday

Names of Months

  1. January
  2. February
  3. March
  4. April
  5. May
  6. June
  7. July
  8. August
  9. September
  10. October
  11. November
  12. December

Names of Famous Buildings and Monuments

  1. Eiffel Tower
  2. Statue of Liberty
  3. Big Ben
  4. Colosseum
  5. Taj Mahal
  6. Great Wall of China

Proper Noun Example

Proper Noun Definition And Example

 

  1. Sydney Opera House
  2. Burj Khalifa
  3. Buckingham Palace
  4. Mount Rushmore

Names of Rivers and Mountains

  1. Nile River
  2. Amazon River
  3. Mississippi River
  4. Yangtze River
  5. Ganges River
  6. Mount Everest
  7. Mount Kilimanjaro
  8. Rocky Mountains
  9. Alps
  10. Andes

Names of Famous Brands

  1. Nike
  2. Coca-Cola
  3. Apple
  4. Google
  5. Samsung
  6. McDonald’s
  7. Microsoft
  8. BMW
  9. Toyota
  10. Sony

Names of Planets

  1. Mercury
  2. Venus
  3. Earth
  4. Mars
  5. Jupiter
  6. Saturn
  7. Uranus
  8. Neptune
  9. Pluto

Names of Oceans and Seas

  1. Pacific Ocean

Proper Noun Example

 

  1. Atlantic Ocean
  2. Indian Ocean
  3. Arctic Ocean
  4. Mediterranean Sea
  5. Caribbean Sea
  6. Red Sea
  7. Baltic Sea
  8. Caspian Sea
  9. Black Sea

Names of Sports Teams

  1. Los Angeles Lakers
  2. Manchester United
  3. New York Yankees
  4. Barcelona
  5. Dallas Cowboys
  6. Golden State Warriors
  7. Chicago Bulls
  8. Real Madrid
  9. Boston Red Sox
  10. Liverpool FC

Names of Holidays

  1. Christmas
  2. Halloween
  3. Easter
  4. Thanksgiving
  5. New Year’s Day
  6. Independence Day
  7. Labor Day
  8. Memorial Day
  9. Valentine’s Day
  10. Mother’s Day

Names of Movies

  1. The Lion King
  2. Star Wars
  3. Frozen
  4. Avengers: Endgame
  5. Harry Potter
  6. Titanic
  7. The Lord of the Rings
  8. Spider-Man
  9. Jurassic Park
  10. Toy Story

 

Proper Noun Example

Names of Books

  1. The Hobbit
  2. The Great Gatsby
  3. Moby Dick
  4. War and Peace
  5. Pride and Prejudice
  6. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  7. To Kill a Mockingbird
  8. The Catcher in the Rye
  9. The Hunger Games
  10. The Chronicles of Narnia

Names of Famous Authors

  1. William Shakespeare
  2. J.K. Rowling
  3. Charles Dickens
  4. Mark Twain
  5. Jane Austen
  6. George Orwell
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Ernest Hemingway
  9. Agatha Christie
  10. J.R.R. Tolkien

Names of Historical Figures

  1. George Washington
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Cleopatra
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Martin Luther King Jr.
  7. Julius Caesar
  8. Winston Churchill
  9. Marie Curie
  10. Napoleon Bonaparte

Names of TV Shows

  1. Friends
  2. The Simpsons
  3. Game of Thrones
  4. Stranger Things
  5. The Office
  6. Breaking Bad
  7. Sesame Street
  8. Peppa Pig
  9. Spongebob Squarepants
  10. The Crown

Names of Companies

  1. Amazon
  2. Facebook
  3. Netflix
  4. Starbucks
  5. Tesla
  6. Pepsi
  7. Walt Disney
  8. Ford
  9. IBM
  10. Adidas

Names of Famous Places

  1. Disneyland
  2. Times Square
  3. Niagara Falls
  4. Grand Canyon
  5. Mount Fuji
  6. Yellowstone National Park
  7. Central Park
  8. Louvre Museum
  9. Buckingham Palace
  10. Hollywood

Names of Famous Landmarks

  1. Leaning Tower of Pisa
  2. Christ the Redeemer
  3. Stonehenge
  4. Machu Picchu
  5. Pyramids of Giza
  6. Sagrada Familia
  7. Golden Gate Bridge
  8. The White House
  9. Tower of London
  10. Empire State Building

Names of Famous Celebrities

  1. Beyoncé
  2. Dwayne Johnson

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