East Berlin
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East Berlin
See Berlin.
East Berliner n.
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East Berlin
n
(Placename) (formerly) the part of Berlin under East German control
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Ber•lin
(bərˈlɪn)n.
1. Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
2. Isaiah, 1909–97, British philosopher and scholar, born in Russia.
3. the capital of Germany, in the NE part: constitutes a state. 3,472,009; 341 sq. mi. (883 sq. km). Formerly (1948–90) divided into a western zone (West Berlin), a part of West Germany; and an eastern zone (East Berlin), the capital of East Germany.
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