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GDR

noun GDRs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of global depository receipt

proper noun

abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of German Democratic Republic, official name of East Germany: A former Communist country of Central Europe, existing between 1949 and 1990. Developments were markedly different in the Soviet zone, but ultimately ended in perhaps an even grimmer dead end: that of SED leader Walter Ulbricht’s thoroughly Stalinized German Democratic Republic (GDR). […] Subsequently, the GDR’s antifascist tradition would be diluted, distorted, and refashion
Similar: DDR

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name German Democratic Republic

Español	RDA
中文	民主德國 /民主德国 Mínzhǔdéguó
Português	RDA
Français	RDA
Deutsch	DDR
Română	RDG, Republica Democrată Germană
Русский	ГДР GDR

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@misc{gdr_2026,
  title = {GDR},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gdr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}