Ivory Coast vs African country

Ivory Coast and African country both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Ivory Coast	Yes	No	No	No
African country	Yes	No	No	No

Ivory Coast (noun)	African country (noun)
a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa	any one of the countries occupying the African continent