Germany
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin Germania, likely of Gallic origin
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈdʒɜː.mə.nɪ/, SAMPA: /"dZ3:m@nI/
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Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA: /ˈdʒɝ.mə.ni/, SAMPA: /"dZ3`m@ni/
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[edit] Proper noun
Germany (countable and uncountable; plural Germanies or Germanys)
- Country in Central Europe. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland).
- (countable; hist. 1949-1990) Either of the German states, FRG and GDR. The two Germanies exchanged permanent representatives in 1974.
- (countable; hist. pre-1871) Any of the German states. Melton’s useful new book traces the explosion of public institutions in eighteenth-century England, France and the Germanies.
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- 1872, History of English Literature, an abridgment by John Fiske of H. van Laun's translation of Hippolyte Taine's 1864 Histoire de la littérature anglaise; page 26:
- While the Germans of Gaul, Italy, and Spain became Romans, the Saxons retained their language, their genius, and manners, and created in Britain a Germany outside of Germany.
- 1872, History of English Literature, an abridgment by John Fiske of H. van Laun's translation of Hippolyte Taine's 1864 Histoire de la littérature anglaise; page 26:
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Germany
[edit] See also
- Appendix:Place names in Germany
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe) [edit]
