A geographical expression in search of a state.

一个地理概念上的阿富汗，正在寻求建立一个国家概念上的阿富汗。

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One is Prince Metternich of Austria's dismissive 1847 observation that Italy was just "a geographical expression".

一个是1847年奥地利贵族梅特涅的轻蔑言辞，意大利不过是“一个地理名词”。

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One is Prince Metternich of Austria’s dismissive 1847 observation that Italy was just “a geographical expression”.

一个是1847年奥地利贵族梅特涅的轻蔑言辞，意大利不过是“一个地理名词”。

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Winston Churchill once dismissed India as a mere geographical expression, a place that was no more a nation than was the equator.

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