Gulf States vs Al-Iraq

Gulf States and Al-Iraq both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gulf States	Yes	No	No	No
Al-Iraq	Yes	No	No	No

Gulf States (noun)	Al-Iraq (noun)
a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas	a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf