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EAST GERMANY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does East Germany mean?
• EAST GERMANY (noun)
The noun EAST GERMANY has 1 sense:
1. a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990
Familiarity information: EAST GERMANY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
East Germany; German Democratic Republic
Instance hypernyms:
European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (members of "East Germany"):
East German (a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany)
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