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The noun 'Ivory' (capital I) is a proper noun, the name of a specific soap and other products.

The noun 'ivory' (lower case i) is a common noun, a general for for a substance that makes up the tusks of elephants, walruses, and other animals; a general word for a pale whitish yellow color.

The word 'ivory' is also an adjective.

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The word elephant is a common noun, a general word for a type of large mammal; a word for any elephant of any kind.

A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place or thing; for example:

  • Joseph Merrick called the Elephant Man (also, the play and the movie of the same name)
  • The Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro in Portland, ME
  • The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, TN
  • Elephant Lane in London, UK
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The noun 'leopard' is a common noun, a word for any leopard anywhere.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:

  • Tai Lung, the snow leopard character from the animated film "Kung Fu Panda"
  • Leopard Street, Rochester, NY or Leopard Road, Berwyn, PA
  • Leopard Cafe, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, France
  • "The Leopard", 1963 movie with Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon
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The compound noun 'Asian elephant' is a common noun, a general word for any of the type of elephant indigenous to the continent of Asia.

The word 'Asian' is a proper adjective, a word that describes a noun as of or from the continent of Asia. Even though the compound noun begins with a proper adjective and a capital letter, the compound noun is a common noun.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun for the common noun Asian elephant is the name of a specific elephant.

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6y ago

The nouns 'tusks' and 'elephant' are common nouns, general words for any tusks or any elephant.

A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, Tusks Bar (sports bar) in Mammoth Lakes, CA or The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, TN.

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12y ago

The noun elephant is a common noun, unless it's used a a specific name or title, for example the movie 'Water For Elephants' or The Elephant of the Bastille of Paris.

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Elephant is a common

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Yes.

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the animal elephant is a common noun

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common noun

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