African nation vs French Sudan

African nation and French Sudan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African nation	Yes	No	No	No
French Sudan	Yes	No	No	No

African nation (noun)	French Sudan (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the African continent	a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years