Cairo vs Ill.

Cairo and Ill. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Cairo	Yes	No	No	No
Ill.	Yes	No	No	No

Cairo (noun)	Ill. (noun)
the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs	a midwestern state in north-central United States
a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers