state vs Upper Volta

state and Upper Volta both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Upper Volta	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Upper Volta (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
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)	Upper Volta (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.