state vs Inner Mongolia

state and Inner Mongolia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Inner Mongolia	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Inner Mongolia (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911
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)	Inner Mongolia (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.