Definition:Proper Name

Definition
A proper name (or just name) is a symbol or collection of symbols used to identify a particular object uniquely.

In contrast with natural language, a proper name has a wider range than being the particular identifying label attached to a particular single entity (be it a person, or a place, or whatever else).

For example:
 * Sloth is a proper name for the concept of being lazy.
 * Rain is a proper name for the meteorological phenomenon of water falling from the sky.

Also known as
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