Africa vs The Gambia

Africa and The Gambia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Africa	Yes	No	No	No
The Gambia	Yes	No	No	No

Africa (noun)	The Gambia (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 narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa