Republic of Cote d'Ivoire vs Africa

Republic of Cote d'Ivoire and Africa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire	Yes	No	No	No
Africa	Yes	No	No	No

Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (noun)	Africa (noun)
a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa	the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean