African nation vs Libya

African nation and Libya both are nouns.

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

African nation (noun)	Libya (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the African continent	a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum