state vs Solomon Islands

state and Solomon Islands both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Solomon Islands	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Solomon Islands (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth
a politically organized body of people under a single government	the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth
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)	Solomon Islands (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.