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There are many widely varying names of Germany in different languages, more so than for any other European nation. For example: * the German language endonym is , from the Old High German , meaning "of the people"; * the French exonym is , from the name of the Alamanni tribe; * in Italian it is , from the Latin , although the German people are called , which is a cognate with German ; * in Polish it is , from the Proto-Slavic ''*němьcь'', referring to speechless, incomprehensible to Slavic speakers; * the Finnish call the country , from the name of the Saxon tribe; * in Lithuanian it is , of unclear origin, but possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic ''*vākyā-'', meaning “those who speak loud, shout (unintelligibly)”. Often language lags behind the changing society and names tend to retain references to first encounters: the Finnish first and foremost met the Saxons while the French faced the Alamanni. Comparable tendencies appear elsewhere, e.g. in names for Russia. Eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
