geographic area vs Scandinavia

geographic area and Scandinavia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
geographic area	Yes	No	No	No
Scandinavia	Yes	No	No	No

geographic area (noun)	Scandinavia (noun)
a demarcated area of the Earth	a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian
	the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden