African country vs Mauritania

African country and Mauritania both are nouns.

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

African country (noun)	Mauritania (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the African continent	a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert