Verrazano Narrows vs New York

Verrazano Narrows and New York both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Verrazano Narrows	Yes	No	No	No
New York	Yes	No	No	No

Verrazano Narrows (noun)	New York (noun)
a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn	a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Albany
	the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
	one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital New York City