Elia Kazan vs Kazan

Elia Kazan and Kazan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Elia Kazan	Yes	No	No	No
Kazan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Elia Kazan and Kazan are synonyms defined as:

Elia Kazan and Kazan: United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)

Other synonyms of Elia Kazan include Elia Kazanjoglous.

Elia Kazan (noun)	Kazan (noun)
United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)	an industrial city in the European part of Russia, it is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
	United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)