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Noun: Federal Republic of Germany
  1. A republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
    - Germany, Deutschland, FRG
     
  2. A republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990
    - West Germany

Type of: European country, European nation

Part of: Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Euroland, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, Eurozone, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [Brit], North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Encyclopedia: Federal Republic of Germany