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proper noun

noun (or noun phrase) that in its primary application refers to a unique entity or instance; the first letter is capitalized in difference to a common noun
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Summary

proper noun ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,963 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: noun[2]
  • Part of: proper and common nouns[3]
  • Said to be the same as: proper name[4], Оним[5]
  • Opposite of: common noun[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Proper nouns[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
  • Equivalent class: http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#ProperNoun[10], http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#ProperNoun[11], http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/ProperNoun[12], http://purl.org/olia/bhojpuri.owl#ProperNoun[13]
  • Different from: name[14], El Alam[15]
  • Exact match: http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#properNoun[16], http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#properNoun[17], http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133090086[18]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: N.pr.[19], اِخ[20]

Why It Matters

proper noun has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . Q141724973. wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#ProperNoun, http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#ProperNoun, http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/ProperNoun +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://purl.org/olia/bhojpuri.owl#ProperNoun"
  2. 5d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 3194, 2480, 384 +5
    Sitelink count → 61
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'bh', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 4911, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329945|proper (#7329945)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004366-vlastni-jmena
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004366-vlastni-jmena, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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