Is there a term for names that consist of a noun or noun phrase followed by an ordinal letter or numeral? For example:
- Exhibit A
- The Land Before Time IV
- Patient Zero
Perhaps ordinal proper noun or ordinal titular appositive would be appropriate?
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Sign up to join this communityIs there a term for names that consist of a noun or noun phrase followed by an ordinal letter or numeral? For example:
Perhaps ordinal proper noun or ordinal titular appositive would be appropriate?
Is more specific than or the same as King John, Section C, House Atreides? I would call those titular appositions. You use an apposition to mention something's (semi-)title in a proper noun.