state vs Yunnan province

state and Yunnan province both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
Yunnan province	Yes	No	No	No

state (noun)	Yunnan province (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a province of southern China
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)	Yunnan province (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.