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The zero article with names of places and institutions

With names of places and institutions, if they consist of a proper name and another nounA part of speech that names a person, place or thing. E.g.: The koala is a marsupial. ("koala", "marsupial"), we normally do not use an articleAny of the words "a", "an" and "the", used to limit or give definiteness to a noun. "A" and "an" are indefinite articles, while "the" is a definite article. E.g.: A man was standing on the platform. ("a", "the").

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