Definition of germany Germany
/ʤɚˈmʌni/ - [jermunee] - Ger•ma•ny
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| germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 | ||
| Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, FRG | ||
| europe the nations of the European continent collectively; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" | ||
| common market, ec, eec, european community, european economic community, european union, eu, europe an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" | ||
| nato, north atlantic treaty organization an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security | ||
| buchenwald a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany | ||
| dachau a concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany | ||
| siegfried line German fortifications facing the Maginot Line | ||
| lower saxony a state in northwestern Germany | ||
| aachen, aix-la-chapelle, aken a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital | ||
| german capital, berlin a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats | ||
| bremen a city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea; in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League | ||
| bremerhaven a port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea; has a deep natural harbor and is an important shipping center | ||
| chemnitz, karl-marx-stadt a city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing | ||
| dortmund an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League | ||
| dresden a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945 | ||
| leipzig a city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center | ||
| solingen a city in west central Germany noted for cutlery | ||
| weimar a German city near Leipzig; scene of the adoption in 1919 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic that lasted until 1933 | ||
| bavaria a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory | ||
| hamelin, hameln a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper | ||
| bonn a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989 | ||
| koln, cologne a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol | ||
| braunschweig, brunswick a city in central Germany | ||
| dusseldorf an industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine | ||
| essen a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr | ||
| frankfurt, frankfurt on the main, frankfort a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center | ||
| halle, halle-an-der-saale a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries | ||
| hamburg a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League | ||
| hannover, hanover a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League | ||
| lubeck a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League | ||
| mannheim a city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers | ||
| nuremberg, nurnberg a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46) | ||
| potsdam a city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945 | ||
| rostock a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century | ||
| stuttgart a city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture | ||
| wuerzburg, wurzburg a city of south central Germany | ||
| rheinland, rhineland a picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river | ||
| pfalz, palatinate a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine | ||
| preussen, prussia a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland; "in the 19th century Prussia led the economic and political unification of the German states" | ||
| ruhr valley, ruhr a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany | ||
| thuringia a historical region of southern Germany | ||
| frisian islands a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland | ||
| bodensee, lake constance, constance the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church | ||
| danau, danube, danube river the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube" | ||
| neckar, neckar river a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine | ||
| oder, oder river a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea | ||
| rhein, rhine river, rhine a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea | ||
| ruhr river, ruhr a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany | ||
| saale, saale river a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River | ||
| weser, weser river a river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven | ||
| german the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic | ||
| sorbian a Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany | ||
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germany
A central European country, with capital Berlin.
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germany
(Lat. Germania). The name given to a large portion of Central Europe, composed of a number of independent states united together, and forming the German empire. In the time of Julius Cæsar the Germans were the most formidable and warlike of all the European barbarians. They long withstood the attempts of the Romans to subdue them; and, although that people conquered some parts of the country, they were expelled before the close of the 3d century. In the 5th century the Huns and other tribes prevailed over the greater portion of Germany. In the latter part of the 8th century Charlemagne subdued the Saxons and other tribes, and was crowned emperor at Rome, December 25, 800. At the extinction of his family the empire became elective, 911, and was generally obtained by a member of the house of Hapsburg from 1437 to 1806, when the emperor Francis Joseph II. formally renounced the title of emperor of Germany, having assumed that of emperor of Austria two years previously. The Confederation of the Rhine was formed July 12, 1806; the Germanic Confederation, June 8, 1815; and the North German Confederation, August 18, 1866. In consequence of the success of the Prussian arms in the war with France (1870-71) the new empire of Germany was founded, and the king of Prussia declared emperor, January 18, 1871.
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The Federal Republic of Germany also called Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland also called Deutschland) is a country in the middle of Europe. It is an important country in international politics. To the north of Germany are the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the country of Denmark. To the east of Germany are the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. To the south of Germany are the countries of Austria and Switzerland. To the west of Germany are the countries of France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. West Germany was one of the countries that started the European Union.
History.
Germany gained importance as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation,which was the first "Reich" translated as kingdom. It was started by Charlemagne who became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD, and it lasted until 1806 the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
The second "Reich" was started with a treaty in 1871 in Versailles. The biggest state in the new German Empire was Prussia. The Kings of Prussia were also "German Emperors" they did not call themselves "Emperors "of" Germany". There were many other kingdoms, duchies and republics in the Empire, but not Austria. Germany stayed an empire with many different kinds of people for another 50 years.
The treaty of unification was made after Germany won the Franco-Prussian War with France in 1871. In World War I, Germany joined Austria-Hungary, and declared war on France. The war became slow in the west and was fought in "trench
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