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
