adjective
proper
Naming a particular person, place, or thing.
The teacher identifies Maya as a proper name.
Etymology
The Latin source means one's own or particular. A proper name belongs to a particular entity, distinguishing it from a general category-name.
More examples
- The sentence begins with a proper noun.
- She capitalized the proper names in the list.
- Paris is a proper name for a particular city.
Forms
proper
Similar words
- common
- In grammar, names a class rather than a particular entity.