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

Example Sentences

During the regime, he had department stores across Europe, from Amsterdam to East Prussia.

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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.

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Previously known as East Prussia, it was seized by the Soviet Union after World War II from Germany, which had controlled the territory for centuries.

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Russia has nonetheless responded with fury, claiming that Europe had imposed an illegal “blockade” on its westernmost territory, formerly part of the German region of East Prussia and seized by Moscow at the end of World War II.

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Marius Emuzis, an expert on Soviet-era history at Vilnius University, said Kaliningrad had always been a “complicated and volatile place,” part of the region known until 1945 as East Prussia, the heartland of German militarism.

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