America vs Ala.

America and Ala. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
America	Yes	No	No	No
Ala.	Yes	No	No	No

America (noun)	Ala. (noun)
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776	a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
North America and South America and Central America