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Question #c2252

Answer 1

Examples include Philadelphia, Boston, Moscow, Tashkent, and Singapore.

Explanation:

Proper nouns are specific, capitalized nouns such as names of people (like Kate or Aidan).

Thus, city would not be proper (it is a common noun) because it is general and it is not the name of something. There are plenty of cities in the world, but there aren't that many cities named "Fujisawa," for instance.

Answer 2

A proper noun for the common noun "city" is the name of a specific city (real or fictional).

Explanation:

A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun is always capitalized.

The noun "city" is a common noun, a general word for any center of population (large or small). A common noun is capitalized ONLY when it's the first word in a sentence.

Examples of proper nouns for the common noun "city" are:
Antwerp
Boston
Cairo
Dublin
Edmonton
Florence
Guadalajara
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Karachi
Los Angeles
Mumbai
New York City
Okinawa
Paris
Quezon City
Reykjavík
Sydney
Tokyo
Ufa
Venice
Warsaw
Xinzhou
York
Zurich