Why don't you use the particle の when stating the name of a place?


I got confused when i was asked why you dont put の in place's name. it happen
when I explain the function of の particle. can someone tell me in **bunpou
teki's** way, why name place don't use no? like this example, it called みどり図書館
not みどりの図書館 thank you!




Simply put, proper nouns (such as place names or organization names) do not
follow ordinary prose grammar. Although there are many exceptions, when it
comes to such proper nouns, Japanese tends to avoid using の, and English also
prefers to join several nouns directly without using prepositions.

  * 世界保健機関  
World Health Organization  
(Not: 世界の保健の機関 or "Organization for Health of the World")

  * 日本電信電話株式会社  
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

In a practical sense, if we didn't have these conventions for making proper
nouns sound like proper nouns, we would often get confused. For example,
世界保健機関 refers to that specific agency of the United Nations, whereas 世界の保健の機関
would sound like a generic reference to any organizations related to public
health around the world.

