state vs Jamaica

state and Jamaica both are nouns.

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

state (noun)	Jamaica (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism
a politically organized body of people under a single government	an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti
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)	Jamaica (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.