Colorado vs the States

Colorado and the States both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Colorado	Yes	No	No	No
the States	Yes	No	No	No

Colorado (noun)	the States (noun)
a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains	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
an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico