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Today New York City has more than 600 miles of coastline and includes land on dozens of islands of all shapes and sizes
One is the historic Ellis Island. Only part of it actually lies in New York State
I can't really undertand
Only part of it actually lies in New York State
please help me undertand this meaning?
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States are defined by invisible borders, (called state lines in the U.S.A) the same way as provinces, or countries are. So, an island may be part of two states, depending on where the state line is placed. It might run directly through an island. That's the meaning of your sentence. Ellis Island is actually part of two states, New York and New Jersey. Only a part of the island is in New York State. (Most of the island belongs to New Jersey.)
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Only part of it = not all of it
Not all of it lies in New York state
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