state vs Ceylon

state and Ceylon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ceylon	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Ceylon (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
the territory occupied by a nation
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
a state of depression or agitation
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

state (verb)	Ceylon (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.