Republic of Finland vs Europe

Republic of Finland and Europe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Republic of Finland	Yes	No	No	No
Europe	Yes	No	No	No

Republic of Finland (noun)	Europe (noun)
republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917	an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
	the nations of the European continent collectively
	the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles