Capitalization

Ido capitalizes the first letter of a word when

• The word is the first one in a sentence or title of a book, movie, etc.:

  Ico ne esas pipo.	This is not a pipe.
  La marveloza destino di Amalia Poulain	Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
  La chifro da Da Vinci	The Da Vinci Code

• The word is a proper name, including names of people, countries, geographical regions, societies, and institutions. The letter remains capitalized even when the word is modified by affixes:

  Etheldreda Tautou	Audrey Tautou
  Francia	France
  la Franca	French (language)
  Alzacia	Alsace
  Alzaciana	Alsatian
  Katolikismo	Catholicism
  Katoliko	a Catholic

• The word is a title being used in lieu of a personal name:

  Sinioro Prezidanto	Mr. President
  segun impero dal Rejo	by order of the King

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