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A compound noun is a word made up of two or more words to form a word with its own meaning. There are three types of compound nouns, closed (bathtub), hyphenated (fifty-five), and open (bus stop).

A proper noun is the name of a person, place, or thing; a proper noun is always capitalized. Examples of compound proper nouns:

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