proper name

1. A word or phrase that has noun part of speech and names a specific object, usually capitalized, for example Martin or New York.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:proper name.

1. Let's call things by their proper names.

   deNennen wir die Dinge bei ihren wahren Namen.

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2. The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

   deWeisheit beginnt damit, die Dinge bei ihren wahren Namen zu nennen.

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3. This made me interested in how some international proper names are written in Japanese.

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4. In Toki Pona, proper names are adjectives, not nouns. They are capitalized.

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5. God is the proper name for Truth the same way Truth is the abstract name for God.

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