a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
"Germany is a republic in central Europe that was once divided by the Cold War before finally being reunited in 1990."
The Central European state formed by West Germany's 1990 absorption of East Germany, with its capital in Berlin.
"After the fall of the Iron Curtain, the newly unified Germany restored freedom to millions who had lived under decades of division."
The name Germany comes from the Latin Germānia, which originally meant "land of the Germans." This term referred to a group of people living near and east of the Rhine River, though the ultimate origin of their name remains uncertain.