North Rhine-Westphalia
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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).
Proper noun
edit- The most populous of the 16 component states of Germany, located in the west of the country.
Translations
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See also
editArea states: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia |
City states: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg |