Proper Nouns That End in US
Explore 332 verified English proper nouns ending with the suffix -US, including Jesus, Venus, Columbus, Sus, Celsius, Exodus and Cyprus. Useful for capitalization practice, trivia, and reference writing and rhyming patterns, browse these capitalized names for specific people, places, and organizations below or review capitalization rules and examples in our noun grammar guide.
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Starts with A24 words
airbus
argus
aarhus
adolphus
aeschylus
angelus
andronicus
aesculapius
aeolus
antaeus
aengus
admetus
aegisthus
albertosaurus
aeacus
adeodatus
androclus
adoretus
aegyptopithecus
aeschynanthus
aegypius
andricus
aetobatus
aetosaurus
Starts with B11 words
belarus
brutus
benedictus
bucephalus
briareus
bromus
bromius
bungarus
bubulcus
bucorvus
bryanthus
Starts with C24 words
columbus
celsius
cyprus
cyrus
caucasus
claudius
cretaceous
cronus
cygnus
centaurus
catullus
carboniferous
croesus
corvus
cetus
cepheus
cocytus
crocodylus
comus
cornus
crotalus
carnotaurus
crius
corylus
Starts with D19 words
damascus
diabolus
didymus
desmodus
dimocarpus
dunkleosteus
diadumenus
dindymus
dorotheanthus
didus
dendrolagus
dikelocephalus
dictyograptus
dendrodus
densus
dolichosaurus
desmoncus
desmatippus
dicranocercus
Starts with E24 words
exodus
erasmus
ephesus
epicurus
epictetus
equus
eusebius
elbrus
erebus
epirus
erastus
eurystheus
eridanus
epimetheus
erechtheus
edmontosaurus
euryalus
elephantopus
ephorus
epinephelus
equuleus
erinaceus
eucinostomus
eurus
Starts with F8 words
faustus
faunus
fagus
favonius
fallopius
februarius
flaminius
falcunculus
Starts with G4 words
gus
giganotosaurus
gallimimus
gloydius
Starts with H
2 words hyacinthus
hebrus
Starts with I3 words
indus
imus
ichthyophthirius
Starts with J
2 words jesus
juniperus
Starts with K
1 words krampus
Starts with L3 words
lupus
lupinus
lassus
Starts with M7 words
mauritius
magnus
manaus
momus
mesohippus
melicoccus
macracanthorhynchus
Starts with N
2 words narcissus
negus
Starts with O3 words
olympus
oxus
oxyrhynchus
Starts with P17 words
potus
pegasus
phoebus
proteus
parnassus
priapus
pinus
paranthropus
pediculus
parus
purus
physiologus
pluvius
polypterus
pelecanimimus
permocarboniferous
plicatoperipatus
Starts with Q
1 words quetzalcoatlus
Starts with R4 words
regulus
rosmarinus
rutilus
rypticus
Starts with S24 words
sus
sagittarius
sirius
sisyphus
sibelius
stanislaus
sixtus
salus
sardanapalus
somnus
silenus
saturnus
silvanus
silvius
styracosaurus
salvelinus
sapindus
scamandrius
somniosus
sceloporus
sphyrapicus
sauromalus
sitophilus
sarcophilus
Starts with T9 words
taurus
troilus
tartarus
tagus
tellus
tantalus
trachinus
trachypterus
totanus
Starts with U
1 words ultrasaurus
Starts with V4 words
venus
vesuvius
vilnius
varanus
Starts with X5 words
xanthus
xanthocephalus
xyleborus
xenicus
xenorhynchus
Starts with Z4 words
zinjanthropus
zaglossus
zapus
zorotypus