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A ''proper noun'' (sometimes called a ''proper name'', though the two terms normally have different meanings) is a noun that represents a unique entity (''India'', ''[[Pegasus]]'', ''[[Jupiter]]'', ''[[Confucius]]'', ''[[Pequod (Moby-Dick)|Pequod]]'') – as distinguished from ''common nouns'' (or '''appellative nouns'''), which describe a class of entities (''country'', ''animal'', ''planet'', ''person'', ''ship'').<ref>{{harvnb|Lester|Beason|2005| page = 4}}</ref> In Modern English, most proper nouns – unlike most common nouns – are capitalized regardless of context (''Albania'', ''Newton'', ''Pasteur'', ''America''), as are many of the forms that are derived from them (the common noun in "he's an ''Albanian''"; the adjectival forms in "he's of ''Albanian'' heritage" and "''Newtonian'' physics", but not in "''pasteurized'' milk"; the second verb in "they sought to ''Americanize'' us").