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thumb|Names of the 2002 Bali bombings victims in [[Indonesia]] A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. A name can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning as well) and is, when consisting of only one word, a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes called "common

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A name is a word or term used to identify something—whether a person, place, or thing—either uniquely or within a particular context. Names matter because they allow us to refer to and distinguish specific entities, making communication and organization of the world around us possible.

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beseda ali besedna zveza za identifikacijo; glej tudi lastno ime (Q147276) in osebno ime (Q1071027)
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16 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Naming conventions
  • Personal name
  • Names of names
  • Brand names
  • Religious names
  • Biblical names
  • Indian name
  • Quranic names (Arabic names)
  • Name use by animals and plants
  • Named entities
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|Names of the 2002 Bali bombings victims in [[Indonesia]] A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. A name can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning as well) and is, when consisting of only one word, a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes called "common names" or (obsolete) "general names". A name can be given to a person, place, or thing; for example, parents can give their child a name or a scientist can give an element a name.

== Etymology == The word name comes from Old English nama; cognate with Old High German (OHG) namo, Sanskrit (nāman), Latin nomen, Greek (onoma), and Persian (nâm), from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *h₁nómn̥. Outside Indo-European, it can be connected to Proto-Uralic *nime.

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