East Prussia


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). Capital: Königsberg.

  • German Ost·preus·sen [awst-proi-suhn] /ˌɔstˈprɔɪ sən/ .

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  • East Prussian, adjective, noun

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East Prussia

noun
  1. 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: German name: Ostpreussen (ostˈprɔysən)

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