west germany

1. 1.

   a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990

   SynonymsFederal Republic of Germany

   BroaderEuropean country

Questions about west germany

What does west germany mean?

west germany means "a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990".

What is another word for west germany?

Close synonyms include Federal Republic of Germany. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is west germany a common word?

west germany is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.