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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:

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

"<i>Jesus</i> will return to set up His <i>kingdom</i> on <i>earth</i>."

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

"<i>Philosophy</i> is of little <i>comfort</i> to the <i>starving</i>."

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

"<i>Homosexuality</i> is an <i>abomination</i>."

A proper noun is a noun that is capitalized.

A proper noun is a noun that is capitalized.

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