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Definition of 'Germany'

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Germany in British

(ˈdʒɜːmənɪ )
noun
a country in central Europe: in the Middle Ages the centre of the Holy Roman Empire; dissolved into numerous principalities; united under the leadership of Prussia in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War; became a republic with reduced size in 1919 after being defeated in World War I; under the dictatorship of Hitler from 1933 to 1945; defeated in World War II and divided by the Allied Powers into four zones, which became established as East and West Germany in the late 1940s; reunified in 1990: a member of the European Union. It is flat and low-lying in the north with plateaus and uplands (including the Black Forest and the Bavarian Alps) in the centre and south. Official language: German. Religion: Christianity. Currency: euro. Capital: Berlin. Pop: 81 147 265 (2013 est). Area: 357 041 sq km (137 825 sq miles)
. German name: Deutschland. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany See also East Germany, West Germany ▶ Related adjective: Teutonic
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Germany in American

(ˈdʒɜrməni ; jʉrˈmənē)
Word forms: plural ˈGermanys or ˈGermanies
country in NC Europe, on the North & Baltic seas; since reunification in 1990, comprising 16 states: formerly divided (1945) into four zones of occupation, administered respectively by France, Britain, the U.S., & the U.S.S.R., and partitioned (1949-90) into the Federal Republic of Germany, made up of the three western zones (British, French, & U.S.), also called West Germany; and the German Democratic Republic, comprising the eastern (U.S.S.R.) zone, also called East Germany: 137,822 sq mi (356,959 sq km); pop. 80,975,000; cap. Berlin: official name Federal Republic of Germany
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'Germany'
L Germania

Synonyms of 'Germany'

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country, currency, inhabitant

Trends of 'Germany'

Very Common. Germany is one of the 4000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Translations for 'Germany'

British English: Germany /ˈdʒɜːmənɪ/ NOUN
Germany is a country in central Europe.
  • American English: Germany
  • Arabic: أَلْـمَانيا
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Alemanha
  • Chinese: 德国
  • Croatian: Njemačka
  • Czech: Německo
  • Danish: Tyskland
  • Dutch: Duitsland
  • European Spanish: Alemania
  • Finnish: Saksa
  • French: Allemagne
  • German: Deutschland
  • Greek: Γερμανία
  • Italian: Germania
  • Japanese: ドイツ
  • Korean: 독일
  • Norwegian: Tyskland
  • Polish: Niemcy
  • European Portuguese: Alemanha
  • Romanian: Germania
  • Russian: Германия
  • Spanish: Alemania
  • Swedish: Tyskland
  • Thai: ประเทศเยอรมนี
  • Turkish: Almanya
  • Ukrainian: Німеччина
  • Vietnamese: nước Đức

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Nearby words of 'Germany'

  • Germanophobe
  • germanous
  • Germantown
  • Germany
  • germen
  • germicide
  • germina

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Related Terms of 'Germany'

  • East Germany
  • West Germany
  • Federal Republic of Germany

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Definition of Germany from the Collins English Dictionary

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