state vs Tuvalu

state and Tuvalu both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Tuvalu	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Tuvalu (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
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)	Tuvalu (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.