20 examples of proper nouns
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Proper Nouns
Here you can find information and examples of proper nouns in English. In English, every noun is either a common noun or a proper noun. Proper nouns are the name for specific names. Those names are not generic, and they belong to only one person, building, or place. You need to be careful about proper nouns since their first letter should always be capitalized, no matter where they take place in a sentence. Let’s see a general example of proper nouns and common nouns.
Street – street is a common noun and should be written in lowercase letters if it is not the first word of a sentence.
Wall Street – Wall Street is the name of one street in New York, and it is a proper noun. It should always have the first letter capitalized no matter where it takes place in the sentence.
1. Romania
2. Amakusa-nada
3. Azerbaijan
4. Alboran Sea
5. Caspian Sea
6. Havana
7. Windhoek
8. Qatar
9. Ouagadougou
10. Wayne Rooney
11. Mount Everest
12. The President
13. Juan Aguilera
14. Usain Bolt
15. Greenland Sea
16. Lough Corrib
17. Malabo
18. Eastern Mediterranean
19. North Macedonia
20. Tripoli
