al dente vs Italia

al dente is not a noun while Italia is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
al dente	No	Yes	No	No
Italia	Yes	No	No	No

al dente (noun)	Italia (noun)
	a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

al dente (adjective)	Italia (adjective)
of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten