Europe vs Republic of Finland

Europe and Republic of Finland both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Europe	Yes	No	No	No
Republic of Finland	Yes	No	No	No

Europe (noun)	Republic of Finland (noun)
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members	republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
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