Germany

proper noun Germanys · Germanies

1. countable, uncountable A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Rhine, Elbe, and upper Danube Rivers in Central Europe, taken as a whole under its various governments. Ancient Germany, excluding from its independent limits the province weſtward of the Rhine, which had ſubmitted to the Roman yoke, extended itſelf over a third part of Europe. Almoſt the whole of modern Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Livonia, Pruſſia, and the greater part of Poland, were
2. countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable The German Sprachraum; the countries and territories within Europe where German is or was the primary language.
3. countable, historical, uncountable A nominal medieval kingdom forming part of the Carolingian and Holy Roman Empires; (metonymic, now uncommon) the Holy Roman Empire in its entirety; (metonymic, obsolete) the Austrian Habsburg empire in its entirety. There had been a long bloody war in the empire of Germany for twelve years, between the Emperor, the Duke of Bavaria, the King of Spain, and the Popiſh Princes and Electors, on the one side; and the Proteſtant Princes on the other; and both ſides having been exhauſted by the war, and even the Cathol
4. countable, historical, uncountable An empire formed by Prussia in 1871 with its capital at Berlin.
5. countable, historical, uncountable A republic formed in 1918 with its capital at Berlin, inclusive of the Nazi regime who controlled it after 1933. Severing's belief that trade union workers were the most progressive and democratic element in Germany holds up well under investigation.
6. countable, historical, uncommon, uncountable The socialist republic formed in 1949 with its capital at Berlin, more often known in English as East Germany.
7. countable, uncountable A country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany. Capital and largest city: Berlin. The win made Germany the first European team to prevail in a World Cup in the Americas and gave the Germans, who have made it to the knockout stage in 16 consecutive World Cups, their first trophy since 1990.

   Similar: Federal Republic of Germany, German Republic, Germany, Alemania, FRG, BRD, West Germany, East Germany, Nazi Germany, Third Reich, Fascist Germany, Weimar Republic

8. countable, historical The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes (inexact) inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings. The differences between England and the Germanies sprang from the absence or presence of ministerial interventions.
9. countable, uncommon, uncountable A male given name.
10. countable, uncommon, uncountable A surname.
11. countable, uncountable A township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.
12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana, United States.
13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.

Similar: Deutschland, Germania, Dutchland, Germanland, North German Confederation, German Confederation, Confederation of the Rhine, Holy Roman Empire, First Reich, German Reich, East Francia, Austria