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West Germany

West Germany proper noun: a former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.

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Proper noun

West Germany

  1. (historical) A former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.
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  2. A geographic region of Germany, consisting of the states formerly part of the Cold War-era West Germany, also known as Western Germany.
    Synonyms:
    Federal Republic of Germany, Free Germany, West German State
  3. (historical, uncommon) Collectively, the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany, distinguished from the Soviet-occupied zone.

West Germany meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

West Germany in Hindi

former European country
पश्चिम जर्मनी paścim jarmanī

West Germany in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

West Germany in Urdu

former European country
مَغْرِبی جَرْمَنی maġribī jarmanī

West Germany in Bengali

former European country
পশ্চিম জার্মানি pościm jarmani
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West Germany in Telugu
పశ్చిమ జర్మనీ paścima jarmanī
West Germany in Pashto
لویدیځ المان loediź almān
West Germany in Tagalog
Kanlurang Alemanya
West Germany in Arabic
أَلْمَانِيَا الْغَرْبِيَّة ʔalmāniyā l-ḡarbiyya
West Germany in Malay
Jerman Barat
West Germany in Indonesian
Jerman Barat
West Germany in Persian
آلمان غربی âlmân-e ġarbi
West Germany in Thai
เยอรมนีตะวันตก
West Germany in Vietnamese
Tây Đức

Synonyms of West Germany

Origin of West Germany

From informal use describing the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany following World War II, under influence from existing German Westdeutschland and Westdeutscher used to describe those areas of German-speaking Europe since the 17th and 18th centuries.

Questions about West Germany

What does West Germany mean?
West Germany means a former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.
What is West Germany in Hindi?
West Germany in Hindi is पश्चिम जर्मनी (paścim jarmanī). See West Germany meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is West Germany?
West Germany is a proper noun.

Words near West Germany in the dictionary

  1. west gallery music
  2. West Garo Hills
  3. West German
  4. West Germanic
  5. West Germans
  6. West Germany
  7. West Gippsland
  8. West Glamorgan
  9. West Godavari
  10. West Gosford
  11. West Goshen

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: West Germany (page history and authors); West Germany (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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