List of proper nouns regularly used with the definite article.

I. Astronomical names.

The Milky Way, the Great Bear, the Little (Lesser) Bear.

II. Geographical names.

1. The North Pole, the South Pole, the Arctic, etc.

2. Mountain ranges:

the Alps, the Pennines, the Urals. But single mounts take no article.

3. Rivers:

the Thames, the Hudson, the Amazon, the Rein, the Nile, the Neva, the Danube, etc.

4. Seas and oceans:

the North Sea, the Red Sea, the Black Sea, the Baltic (Sea), the Arctic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the

Pacific (Ocean), etc.

5. Canals:

the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal, etc.; also the English Channel.

6. Some countries, areas, provinces:

the USA (the United States of America), the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Ukraine, the

Crimea, the Caucasus.

7. Deserts:

the Sahara (Desert), the Gobi (Desert), the Karakum (Desert).

8. Parts of towns:

the West End, the East End, the Soho, the City (of London), the Bronx (in New York).

9. The de facto capital of the Netherlands:

the Hague.

III. Names of public institutions (museums, theatres, hotels, restaurants), unique buildings and monuments:

the Tate (Gallery), the National Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum (Opera), the British Museum, the

Louvre, the Hermitage, the Prado, the Grand (Hotel), the Savoy,the Kremlin, the White House, the

Bronze Horseman, the Sphinx.

IV. Names of vessels:

the Discovery, the Titanic, the Queen Elisabeth, the Dolores, etc.

V. Names of most newspapers (in English-speaking countries):

the Times, the Washington Post, the Canadian Tribune, etc.

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