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Capitalization Examples


 * 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 ray (note: no hyphen)
 * x ray (note: no hyphen)


 * year, calendar, fiscal
 * Your Excellency; Your Honor; Your Majesty; etc.
 * Youth Corps; the Corps
 * Youth Corps; the Corps


 * 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
 * Zoological Park (National); the zoo; the park