Yosemite Falls vs U.S.

Yosemite Falls and U.S. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Yosemite Falls	Yes	No	No	No
U.S.	Yes	No	No	No

Yosemite Falls (noun)	U.S. (noun)
a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year	the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
	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