No, the noun 'war' is a common noun, a general word for any armed conflict.
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, the French Revolution or the War of 1812.
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Examples of proper nouns for the common noun 'war' are "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy, the 1989 movie "War of the Roses", World War II, or the Revolutionary War.
The noun 'Civil War' (capitalized) is a proper noun, the name of a specific war.The noun 'civil war' (lower case) is a common noun, a general word for any war between citizens of the same country.
Jane, South, and Civil War are all proper nouns in this context and should be capitalized. South is not always a proper noun, but since we're talking about the South as a specific geographic area and not south, the cardinal direction, it is. Because it is the South, it's a proper noun. The same goes for Civil War. There are other civil wars, but because this refers to, "the Civil War," it means a specific one.
Yes, the compound noun 'Anzac Day' is a proper noun, the name of a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand; the name of a specific thing.
The word 'warlike' is an adjective form of the noun war.