Bindestrichland

German Alternative forms de Bindestrich-Land Etymology de :af Bindestrich Land From de Bindestrich hyphen Land state. Originally used of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was created by the Allied occupation authorities by dividing the Prussian Rhine Province and joining its northern half to the province of Westphalia. Pronunciation de De-Bindestrichland.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,s:es,^er a state or political territory whose name contains a hyphen, with the implication that it has been arbitrarily created from merging two regions that share few historical and cultural ties Usage notes Used especially of the German state of en North Rhine-Westphalia and to a lesser degree of en Baden-Württemberg, en Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and en Saxony-Anhalt. Declension n,s:es,^er de Germany Geography