Africa vs Nyasaland

Africa and Nyasaland both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Africa	Yes	No	No	No
Nyasaland	Yes	No	No	No

Africa (noun)	Nyasaland (noun)
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean	a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964