canal vs New York State Canal System

canal and New York State Canal System both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canal	Yes	No	Yes	No
New York State Canal System	Yes	No	No	No

canal (noun)	New York State Canal System (noun)
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation	a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

canal (verb)	New York State Canal System (verb)
provide (a city) with a canal