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German
Etymology
From mittel- (“mid”) + Deutschland (“Germany”).
Proper noun
Mitteldeutschland n (proper noun, genitive Mitteldeutschlands or (optionally with an article) Mitteldeutschland)
- central Germany, specifically
- (ethnology, linguistics) the central parts of Germany from north to south, (especially) those areas where Central German dialects have traditionally been spoken
- (history, politics) the central parts of Germany from west to east, (especially 1945-90) the GDR seen as the middle part of Germany in its pre-WWII borders
- (broadcasting) the broadcasting area of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, that is, the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia