(" Spain "was a geographic term meaning Iberian Peninsula, not the present-day state called Spain).

(“西班牙”是个地理术语，指的是伊比利亚半岛，不是今天的西班牙国家)。

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor Emmanuel II on 17 March 1861.

1861年3月17日国王维克托•伊曼纽尔二世将半岛内的各城邦及撒丁岛和和晌魑骼锿（Regno delle Due Sicilie）合并成为意大利王国（Regno d"Italia）, 建立了民族国家。

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In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a near-constant cover of clouds.

华盛顿州西北部的奥林匹克半岛上，有一座名叫福克斯的小镇，那里常年乌云密布。

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On the other side of the peninsula, Egypt state media reports police have thwarted an attack on a natural gas pipeline that supplies Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Israel.

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This semi-rural peninsula of New York state, which juts out into the Atlantic in two thin forks, has become world-famous for its extraordinary wealth and privilege, and the high society of polo games, lawn parties and sports cars that go with it.

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Levy, a Moroccan Jew from the Caribbean who changed his last name to Yulee and converted to Christianity, built the state's first railroad across the peninsula, using public money.

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