Actually I suppose on reflection that it's rather inaccurate to say that Alaska and Hawaii are part of the USA. That's rather similar to saying that Canada stretches across America. Hawaii and Alaska are States of the United States of America. Being a part of something, in the sense of that which has been quoted, implies a degree of contiguity which is lacking in this case. Many people know that the DRC stands for Democratic Republic of the Caribbean and is an island in the Caribbean Sea where the world's most resonant bongo drums are made using the penile skin from the Emperor Penguin stitched together as drum skins.
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