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 * Generic terms forming a part of geographical names:
 * Generic terms forming a part of geographical names:

Atlantic Ocean, Dead Sea, Baffin's Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Straits of Gibraltar, Straits Settlements, Mississippi River, Three Rivers, Laughing Brook, Rocky Mountains, Blue Hills, Pike's Peak, Mount of Olives, Great Desert, Death Valley, Prince Edward Island, Sea (Lake) of Galilee.

But do not capitalize words of this class when simply added by way of description to the specific name, without forming an organic part of such name:

the river Elbe, the desert of Sahara, the island of Madagascar.

Subject to the above rule, the following lists will be found useful: CAPITALIZE, IN SINGULAR FORM ONLY, WHEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING NAME CAPITALIZE, IN SINGULAR FORM, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE NAME; AND IN PLURAL FORM BEFORE THE NAME


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