Question

What are some proper nouns that start with the letter “P”?

Answer 1

Hint: A proper noun is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity, such as London, Jupiter, Sarah, or Microsoft, as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities and may be used when referring to instances of a specific class.

Complete answer:
A proper noun is a term for a single person, location, or thing that is not generic. In English, proper nouns are often capitalised, regardless of where they appear in a sentence. Proper names are often used to refer to nouns that have been given a particular name.

Few examples of a proper noun that starts with letter “P” are as follows:
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the earth.
In Pakistan, hundreds were tortured in police or military custody.
Peter is a good-natured boy.

In the above examples we see that Pacific Ocean, Pakistan and Peter are the nouns which refer to a specific place or person. It conveys the reader about the person or place we are talking about in the sentence. Hence, they are the proper nouns.

Note: The distinction between common and proper nouns is generally straightforward, but it can be a little trickier at times. It makes no difference whether a noun is proper or normal as we talk because syntax is unaffected. However, we need to know which nouns are proper when writing and we need to know where to put capital letters.