metropolis vs Veliky Novgorod

metropolis and Veliky Novgorod both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metropolis	Yes	No	No	No
Veliky Novgorod	Yes	No	No	No

metropolis (noun)	Veliky Novgorod (noun)
people living in a large densely populated municipality	a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts