Europe vs Italian Republic

Europe and Italian Republic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Europe	Yes	No	No	No
Italian Republic	Yes	No	No	No

Europe (noun)	Italian Republic (noun)
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members	a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
the nations of the European continent collectively
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles