Central African Republic vs Africa

Central African Republic and Africa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Central African Republic	Yes	No	No	No
Africa	Yes	No	No	No

Central African Republic (noun)	Africa (noun)
a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960	the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean