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West German

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West Germany Officially Federal Republic of Germany
A former country of central Europe bordering on the North Sea. It was part of Germany until 1945, when the country was divided into U.S., French, British, and Soviet zones of occupation. In 1949 the three western zones were reconstituted as West Germany; the Soviet zone became East Germany. West Germany was reunified with East Germany in 1990.
West German adj. & n.
West German
adj
(Placename) of or relating to the former republic of West Germany (now part of Germany) or its inhabitants
n
(Placename) a native or inhabitant of the former West Germany
Translations
West German [ˌwestˈdʒɜːmən] (formerly)
A. ADJ → de Alemania Occidental
B. N → alemán/ana m/f (de Alemania Occidental)
West German adj & n → tedesco/a occidentale
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Crowds of both East and West Germans climbed on to and crossed the wall in celebration.
Chipped away by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
June 1948 to May 1949: The Soviets blockade West Berlin to try to prevent the emergence of a West German state.
Berlin Wall: The rise and fall by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Sex at last" or "Pleasure without borders," claimed West German headlines aimed at East Germans who thronged to Western sex shops after the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago this November.
1989: When East Germans discovered Western sex by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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