WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Federal Republic of Germany
    n 1: a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea;
         established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by
         the British and French and Americans after the German
         defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990 [syn: West
         Germany, Federal Republic of Germany]
    2: a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and
       West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 [syn:
       Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland,
       FRG]