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proper noun

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌproper ˈnoun (also proper name especially British English) noun [countable]  SLGNAME OF A THINGa noun such as ‘James’, ‘New York’, or ‘China’ that is the name of one particular thing and is written with a capital letter 专有名词 noun
Examples from the Corpus
proper nounAnswer: a. Why: Use hyphens with a prefix and a proper noun.A text for students devoted seven pages to the use of a capital letter to indicate a proper noun.There are 60 grammatical categories specified within this lexicon indicating such properties as transitive verb, plural noun, proper noun etc.
ˌproper ˈnoun nounChineseSyllable
a ‘China’ ‘James’, ‘New noun such Corpus or as that York’,


proper noun
ˌproper ˈnoun (also ˌproper ˈname especially British English) noun [countable]
a noun such as ‘James’, ‘New York’, or ‘China’ that is the name of one particular thing and is written with a capital letter ⇨ noun


proper nounBrE /ˌprɒpə ˈnaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌprɑːpər ˈnaʊn/ 🔊 (also ˌproper ˈname) noun (grammar 语法) a word that is the name of a person, a place, an institution, etc. and is written with a capital letter, for example Tom, Mrs Jones, Rome, Texas, the Rhine, the White House 专有名词(人、地、机构等的名称)   compare abstract noun, common noun