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The compound noun 'prime meridian' is a common noun as a general word for an artificial line adopted as a reference line from which longitude east and west is measured.

The compound noun 'Prime Meridian' (capitalized) is a proper noun as a word for the meridian passing through Greenwich, England, designated as the zero (0°) longitude.

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