English Explanatory Dictionary

North Rhine-Westphalia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The most populous of the 16 component states of Germany, located in the west of the country.

Word forms

North Rhine-Westphalia

Etymology

From North Rhine + Westphalia. The Allied occupation authorities created the state in 1947 by joining the northern half of the Prussian Rhine Province to the province of Westphalia (as well as the small Free State of Lippe).

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