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proper name

proper name noun: a word or phrase that has noun part of speech and names a specific object, usually capitalized, for example Martin or New York.

Noun

proper name (plural proper names)

  1. A word or phrase that has noun part of speech and names a specific object, usually capitalized, for example Martin or New York.
    • A proper name, when it occurs in a proposition, is always, at least according to one of the possible ways of analysis (where there are several), the subject that the proposition or some subordinate constituent proposition is about, and not what is said about the subject.1950, Bertrand Russell, The Principles of Mathematics
    • We might clarify some of the points made in this chapter by comparing paradigm proper names with degenerate proper names like "the Bank of England".1970, John R. Searle, Speech acts
    Synonyms:
    proper noun[Appendix:Glossary, name

proper name meaning in Tamil and Kannada

proper name in Tamil

ஆங்கிலத்தில் ஒரு நபர், நாடு, சமயம், மொழி, மலை, ஆறு

proper name in Kannada

ಕೊಟ್ಟಹೆಸರು

Examples of proper name in a sentence

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:proper name.
  • For instance, the proper name ‘Jessica Alba’ consists of two proper nouns: ‘Jessica’ and ‘Alba’.2009, Sam Cumming, “Names”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

Synonyms of proper name

  • proper noun[Appendix:Glossary
  • name

Forms of proper name

pluralproper names

Questions about proper name

What does proper name mean?
Proper name means a word or phrase that has noun part of speech and names a specific object, usually capitalized, for example Martin or New York.
What is proper name in Tamil?
Proper name in Tamil is ஆங்கிலத்தில் ஒரு நபர், நாடு, சமயம். See Proper name meaning in Tamil.
How do you use proper name in a sentence?
For quotations using this term, see Citations:proper name.
What part of speech is proper name?
Proper name is a noun.
What is the plural of proper name?
The plural of proper name is proper names.

Words near proper name in the dictionary

  1. proper job
  2. proper jobs
  3. proper left
  4. proper motion
  5. proper motions
  6. proper name
  7. proper names
  8. Proper Nangalisan
  9. proper noun
  10. proper nounhood
  11. proper nouns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proper name (page history and authors); proper name (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proper name (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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