East Prussia

American  

noun

1. a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Königsberg.

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East Prussia British  

noun

1. German name: Ostpreussen.  a former province of NE Germany on the Baltic Sea: separated in 1919 from the rest of Germany by the Polish Corridor and Danzig: in 1945 Poland received the south part, the Soviet Union the north

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Other Word Forms

• East Prussian
  adjective

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East Prussia

Born in 1906 into an assimilated German-Jewish family, Arendt grew up in Königsberg, then the capital of East Prussia in the German Empire, under the political tutelage of her mother, Martha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Horten was active during both phases, according to historians, who said he was involved in deals that spanned the Nazi takeover of Europe from Amsterdam to East Prussia.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

After the Potsdam Conference, the remaining Germans in East Prussia were expelled and the refugees prohibited from returning.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2021

In 1618, the king of Brandenburg inherited the kingdom of East Prussia, and in the following years smaller territories in the west on the Rhine River.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Evacuation orders hadn’t been issued and anyone fleeing East Prussia was branded a deserter.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys