It is often called Macedonia, but this can cause confusion with the wider geographical region of Macedonia and the Greek region of Macedonia.

它经常被称为马其顿，但是经常引起歧义，因为马其顿有较宽广的地理区域，但希腊也有一个马其顿区域。

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Ambassador Holbrooke acknowledged there is confusion in the region over the U.S. military commitment to Afghanistan.

霍尔布鲁克特使承认，该地区关于美军对阿富汗的承诺有一些误解。

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But confusion is understandable, the general region has been renamed a lot over a thousand years, including as the Dutch Republic, the United States of Belgium and the Kingdom of Holland.

但混淆是可以理解的，这儿一般的地区在一千多年以来曾经历多次重新命名，包含如荷兰共和国、比利时合众国和荷兰王国。

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Much of the confusion in the Gulf region is compounded by widespread phone outages.

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The economic collapse of a country of 200m people is being felt throughout a region that is struggling to recover from more general financial confusion.

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