metropolis vs Kursk

metropolis and Kursk both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metropolis	Yes	No	No	No
Kursk	Yes	No	No	No

metropolis (noun)	Kursk (noun)
people living in a large densely populated municipality	a city of southwestern Russia
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts