European country vs Italy

European country and Italy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
European country	Yes	No	No	No
Italy	Yes	No	No	No

European country (noun)	Italy (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the European continent	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