river vs Alabama

river and Alabama both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
river	Yes	No	No	No
Alabama	Yes	No	No	No

river (noun)	Alabama (noun)
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)	the Muskhogean language of the Alabama
	a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
	a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery; flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River
	a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama