state vs Sao Thome e Principe

state and Sao Thome e Principe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Sao Thome e Principe	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Sao Thome e Principe (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
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)	Sao Thome e Principe (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.