East Germany in British English
noun
a former republic in N central Europe: established in 1949 and declared a sovereign state by the Soviet Union in 1954; Communist regime replaced by a multiparty democracy in 1989; reunited with West Germany in 1990
Official name: German Democratic Republic or (Abbreviation) DDR or (Abbreviation) GDR. See also GermanyEast Germany in American English
see Germany
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