state vs Saint Lucia

state and Saint Lucia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Saint Lucia	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Saint Lucia (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a volcanic island in the Windward Isles to the south of Martinique
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)	Saint Lucia (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.