The origin of city-states is disputable.

古代城邦的起源是有争议的。

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Perhaps more important, the Wenzhounese have become untethered from their city of origin.

或许更重要的，温州人已经不再受到他们原来地域的束缚。

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A word of caution: When you begin a search, Google USES your current location to determine the origin city (and therefore the price) for flights.

提醒一句：你开始搜索时，谷歌会把你当时的所在地作为出发地(价格也是依此计算)。

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Quova claims to be able to identify web users' country of origin with 98% accuracy, and their city of origin (at least for users in the United States) 85% of the time.

ECONOMIST: Geography and the net

Mr. HANDEL: El Alto has the largest community of people of indigenous origin in Latin America concentrated in a city which is poor.

NPR: American Seeks to Put Bolivia on the Musical Map

The typical Viennese coffee house -- an elegant institution with high ceilings, marble-top tables and a stack of newspapers to make one linger over an impeccable black brew with a customary glass of water -- may be more famously known than its Ukrainian cousin, but to trace back the origin of the communal coffee space, you have to go to Lviv, a Medieval city in western Ukraine.

BBC: Tracing the coffee house revolution to its Ukrainian roots