state vs New Zealand

state and New Zealand both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
New Zealand	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	New Zealand (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery
a politically organized body of people under a single government	North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific
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)	New Zealand (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.