Saint Lawrence vs the States

Saint Lawrence and the States both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Saint Lawrence	Yes	No	No	No
the States	Yes	No	No	No

Saint Lawrence (noun)	the States (noun)
a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)