Saint Lucia vs state

Saint Lucia and state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Saint Lucia	Yes	No	No	No
state	Yes	No	Yes	No

Saint Lucia (noun)	state (noun)
a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
a volcanic island in the Windward Isles to the south of Martinique	a politically organized body of people under a single government
	the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
	the territory occupied by a nation
	the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
	a state of depression or agitation
	(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

Saint Lucia (verb)	state (verb)
	express in words
	put before
	indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.