Sentence:  While Protogeometric vases usually turn up , especially outside <WSD>Greece</WSD> proper , together with as many or more examples of local stamp , these `` non Greek '' patterns had mostly vanished by the later ninth century . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil