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A '''noun''' is a [[word]] used to name a [[person]], [[animal]], [[place]], [[thing]], or an abstract [[idea]]. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn.{{fact}} The italicized words in the following [[sentence]]s are all nouns:

A '''noun''' is a [[word]] used to name a [[person]], [[animal]], [[place]], [[thing]], or an abstract [[idea]]. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn.{{fact}} The italicized words in the following [[sentence]]s are all nouns:

"<i>Russia</i> is the largest <i>country</i> in the <i>world</i>."

"''Russia'' is the largest ''country'' in the ''world''."

"<i>Global Warming</i> is of great <i>concern</i> to <i>environmentalists</i>."

"''Global Warming'' is of great ''concern'' to ''environmentalists''."

"<i>Thomas Jefferson</i> was a <i>president</i>."

"''Thomas Jefferson'' was a ''president''."