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-is a naming word.

It can be the name of a thing, place, person, animal or


feeling.
-(from Latin nōmen, literally meaning "name") is a word that functions as the
name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects,
places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. Linguistically, a noun is a
member of a large, open part of speech whose members can occur as the main
word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a
preposition.

-is a part of speech that denotes a person, animal, place, thing, or idea. The
English word noun has its roots in the Latin word nomen, which means “name.”
Every language has words that are nouns. As you read the following
explanations, think about some words that might fit into each category:

Person – A term for a person, whether proper name, gender, title, or class,
is a noun.
Animal – A term for an animal, whether proper name, species, gender, or
class is a noun.
Place – A term for a place, whether proper name, physical location, or
general locale is a noun.
Thing – A term for a thing, whether it exists now, will exist, or existed in
the past is a noun.
Idea – A term for an idea, be it a real, workable idea or a fantasy that might
never come to fruition is a noun.

Animal

Sophie is my favorite horse.


The cat is drinking milk.

PERSON
Kim took his driving test result yesterday.

The boy is on the tree.

PLACE

Let’s go to the beach


University of Santo Tomas is a popular school.

Things
The clothes was kept on the bed.

There are two milk bottles in the fridge.

Ideas
When Sarah jumped into the lake to rescue a drowning
dog, her bravery astonished onlookers

I love to play with my dog.

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(Album of Nouns)

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