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West Berlin

American  

noun

  1. Berlin3


West Berlin British  

noun

  1. (formerly) the part of Berlin under US, British, and French control

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The ordeal eventually led Ms. Müller to emigrate to West Berlin in 1987, a bureaucratic torment that she describes here in deliberately tedious detail, to mirror the experience.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

He has drawn inspiration from his experiences under communism, and the extensive travels he undertook after first moving abroad in 1987 to West Berlin for a fellowship.

From Barron's Oct. 9, 2025

Mark me: In the bombed-out hovels of West Berlin, there was a first drag show to hail the city’s resurrection.

From Salon Oct. 4, 2025

He demanded to be allowed to leave for West Berlin.

From BBC Oct. 14, 2024

By the dozens, then hundreds, then thousands, they began to assemble at the border crossings between East and West Berlin on the evening of November 9.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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