West-Duitsland
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of west + Duitsland.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʋɛstˈdœy̯ts.lɑnt/, /ˈʋɛstˌdœy̯ts.lɑnt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: West-Duits‧land
Proper noun
West-Duitsland n
- (historical, 1949–1990) West Germany (a former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany)
- (since 1990) West Germany (a geographic region of Germany, consisting of the states formerly part of the Cold War-era West Germany, also known as Western Germany)