African country vs Basutoland

African country and Basutoland both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African country	Yes	No	No	No
Basutoland	Yes	No	No	No

African country (noun)	Basutoland (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the African continent	a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966