Noun

[Roselin]

In the following sentence Kolkata and Hooghly are nouns; what is banks there then? I think the word banks here is also a noun. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Kolkata is on the banks of the river Hooghly.

Thanks!

[bhaisahab]

In the following sentence Kolkata and Hooghly are nouns; what is banks there then? I think the word banks here is also a noun. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Kolkata is on the banks of the river Hooghly.

Thanks!

Yes, "banks" is a noun, it's the plural of "bank".