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Germany
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A country in Central Europe; official name Federal Republic of Germany, capital Berlin.
"They flew to Germany for a business conference in Frankfurt."
How to Use Germany
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe European country whose capital is Berlin.
Common pairings
visit Germany
Nazi Germany
East and West Germany
Word Forms
Germanys plural, Germanies plural
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Etymology
From Latin Germania, the Roman name for the lands and peoples east of the Rhine, of uncertain deeper origin.