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Mitteldeutschland
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German
Etymology
de :af mittel-<t:mid> Deutschland<t:Germany>
From de mittel- mid Deutschland Germany.
Pronunciation
de De-Mitteldeutschland.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
central Germany, specifically
de ethnology linguistics the central parts of Germany from north to south, de especially those areas where Central German dialects have traditionally been spoken
de history politics the central parts of Germany from west to east, de especially 1945-90 the GDR seen as the middle part of Germany in its Weimar Republic pre-WWII borders
de broadcasting the broadcasting area of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, that is, the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia