state vs Dutch East Indies

state and Dutch East Indies both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Dutch East Indies	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Dutch East Indies (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
a politically organized body of people under a single government
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)	Dutch East Indies (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.