Cote d'Ivoire vs African nation

Cote d'Ivoire and African nation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Cote d'Ivoire	Yes	No	No	No
African nation	Yes	No	No	No

Cote d'Ivoire (noun)	African nation (noun)
a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa	any one of the countries occupying the African continent