GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

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• GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (noun)
  The noun GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 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: GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC used as a noun is very rare.

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• GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (noun)

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 "German Democratic Republic"):

East German (a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany)