state vs St. Kitts and Nevis

state and St. Kitts and Nevis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
St. Kitts and Nevis	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	St. Kitts and Nevis (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983
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)	St. Kitts and Nevis (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.