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Germany

proper noun
SayJUR-muh-nee/ˈd͡ʒɝ.mə.ni//ˈd͡ʒɜː.mə.ni/

10 meanings of Germany

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  1. 1
    modern countryproper nouncountable or uncountable
    A country in central Europe whose capital is Berlin, often called the Federal Republic of Germany.

    Germany shares borders with nine other countries.

    Many tourists visit Germany to see its old towns and castles.

    UsageSay in Germany. A person from there is German.

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  2. 2
    proper nouncountable or uncountable
    The lands of Central Europe where German people live and speak German, thought of across all of history.

    Germany has produced renowned philosophers, composers, and scientists across many centuries.

    Throughout its long history, Germany has been shaped by both unity and division.

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  3. 3
    1918 to 1945proper nounhistoricalcountable or uncountable
    The German state that began in 1918 and was run by the Nazis after 1933, with its capital at Berlin.

    Germany suffered severe inflation during the early 1920s.

    Severing's belief that trade union workers were the most progressive and democratic element in Germany holds up well under investigation.
    1996, Paul Bookbinder, Weimar Germany: The Republic of the ReasonableHere, Germany means the German republic formed in 1918, with Berlin as capital.

    UsageSay Nazi Germany or Weimar Germany to be clear.

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  4. 4
    1871 empireproper nounhistoricalcountable or uncountable
    The German empire created by Prussia in 1871, with its capital at Berlin.

    Germany became a major industrial power in the late 1800s.

    Under the Kaiser, Germany built a large modern navy.

    UsageAdd a date: Germany in the 1880s.

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  5. 5
    divided statesproper nounhistoricalcountable
    The separate German states during times when the German lands were divided rather than united as one nation.

    For forty years, many families were split between one Germany and the other.

    In a Renault 14, they drove from one Germany to the other.
    2010, Ilan Stavans, Gabriel García Márquez: The Early YearsHere, Germany means one of the separate German states, during a time of division.

    UsageMore than one is Germanys or Germanies.

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Origin

It comes from Latin Germānia, meaning "land of the Germans," a people mentioned in the 1st century B.C.E. by Julius Caesar. Where the name itself came from is not certain.

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