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Proper nouns are capitalized. Proper nouns are nouns that name particular things. Names of people are proper nouns. Names of places are proper nouns. Names of monuments are proper nouns. Names of buildings are proper nouns. Names of specific geographical features are proper nouns. Names of cities and towns and countries, etc. are proper nouns. Brand names are proper nouns.

Examples of proper nouns:
  • The Empire State Building
    The Chrysler Building
    The Washington Monument
    The Mississippi River
    The Nile (River)
    The Amazon (River)
    Mount Fuji
    Mount McKinley
    Mount Everest
    K2 (Mountain)
    The Sahara
    The Gobi Desert
    Ernest Hemingway
    Albert Einstein
    Ronald Reagan
    Germany
    France
    Russia
    China
    Los Angeles, California (USA)
    New York, New York (USA)
    Saint Louis, Missouri (USA)
    Chicago, Illinois (USA)
    Kenya
    Saudi Arabia
    The Rio Grande (River)
    Mexico
    Sony
    McDonalds
    Coca Cola
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