Republic of Equatorial Guinea vs Africa

Republic of Equatorial Guinea and Africa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Republic of Equatorial Guinea	Yes	No	No	No
Africa	Yes	No	No	No

Republic of Equatorial Guinea (noun)	Africa (noun)
a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968	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