state vs Gansu province

state and Gansu province both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Gansu province	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Gansu province (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
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)	Gansu province (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.