state vs Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

state and Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
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)	Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.