Kazan vs Elia Kazan

Kazan and Elia Kazan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Kazan	Yes	No	No	No
Elia Kazan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Kazan and Elia Kazan are synonyms defined as:

Kazan and Elia Kazan: United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)

Other synonyms of Kazan include Elia Kazanjoglous.

Kazan (noun)	Elia Kazan (noun)
an industrial city in the European part of Russia, it is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia	United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)
United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)