Is car park a common noun?

Answer 1

Yes, the noun 'car' is a common noun; a general word for a passenger motor vehicle; a general word for an enclosure for people or cargo on a transport, such as an elevator or a train; a word for any car of any kind.

Nouns refer to people, places, and things. Nouns can be divided into proper nouns and common nouns. Proper nouns are names for specific people, places, events, and things, such as Mr. Deeds, Annapolis, Washington's Birthday, Chevrolet, and the Declaration of Independence, and are capitalized. Common nouns are nouns that refer to types of people, places, and things, such as silk, bus, sculptor, marble, heater, football, chinchilla, and anonymity, and are not capitalized except at the beginning of a sentence. Car is a common noun because it refers to a type of person, place, or thing.

Answer 2

Yes, the compound noun 'car park' (British) or 'parking lot' (US) are common nouns, a word for a car park or parking lot of any kind, anywhere.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing; for example:

• The Lanes Car Park, Black Lion Street, Brighton, UK
• McCormick Place Parking LOT C, South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL USA
• Sabre Holdings Parking Lot, Albert Einstein, Montevideo Uruguay
• Central Railway Station Car Park, Periyamet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India