African nation vs Kenya

African nation and Kenya both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African nation	Yes	No	No	No
Kenya	Yes	No	No	No

African nation (noun)	Kenya (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the African continent	a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya