[ChrisMarshallNY]

I think of it as a “pronoun.” It makes it into a “person,” or some kind of major deal, like we call localities (usually) by their single pronouns. Sometimes, “The” becomes part of the pronoun, like “The Netherlands,” or “The Bronx.”

Usually, though, we assign pronouns (I’m not an English major, though, so the proper term may be different).

Like, you can’t have “a brooklyn,” or “an amsterdam.”

They want to make it so we can’t have “an iPhone.”

Good luck with that…

[skyyler]

>Like, you can't have "a brooklyn"

Every Brooklyn outside of the one in NYC is just "a Brooklyn" and not "THE Brookyln"

[ChrisMarshallNY]

Fair point.

Then you also have Brookline, in Bastin.

[whynaut]

The term you want is Proper Noun.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

That makes sense.

Thanks!