Capitalization Examples
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- Week, Fire Prevention; etc.
- welfare state
- West:
- Bank (Jordan)
- Coast (Africa); but west coast (U.S.)
- End, etc. (section of city)
- Europe (political entity)
- Far West; Far Western States
- Florida (1763-1819)
- Middle (United States); Midwest
- South Central States, etc.
- the West (section of United States; also world political entity)
- west, western Pennsylvania
- Western:
- bloc
- civilization
- countries
- Europe(an) (political entity)
- Hemisphere; the hemisphere
- ideas
- Powers
- States
- United States
- World
- but far western; western farming States (U.S.)
- westerner
- Whip, Majority; Minority
- Whisky Rebellion (see Rebellion)
- White (see Caucasian)
- White House:
- Blue Room
- East Room
- Oval Office
- Police (see Police)
- Red Room
- Rose Garden
- State Dining Room
- white paper, British, etc.
- Wilderness, capitalized with name; San Joaquin Wilderness, CA; the wilderness; but the Wilderness (Virginia battlefield)
- Wood, if part of name:
- Belleau
- County
- Fort Leonard
- World: New, Old, Third; but free world
- World Bank; the Bank
- World Series
- World War (see War)
- World War II veteran
- World Wide Web (WWW), the Web
- X
- x ray (note: no hyphen)
- Y
- year, calendar, fiscal
- Your Excellency; Your Honor; Your Majesty; etc.
- Youth Corps; the Corps
- Z
- ZIP Code number; ZIP+4
- Z39.50
- Zone, if part of name; the zone:
- British (in Germany)
- Canal (Panama)
- Eastern, Western (Germany)
- Frigid
- Hot (infectious area)
- of Interior (see Command)
- Temperate, Torrid; the zone
- U.S. Foreign Trade; Foreign Trade Zone; but the foreign trade zone, free trade zone
- zone:
- Arctic
- eastern standard time
- no-fly
- polar
- tropical
- Zoological Park (National); the zoo; the park
