Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> Now something similar goes for most countries (like
> "Bundesrepublik Deutschland"), but most other countries have a short
> form that is unique to the country ("Deutschland") and doesn't use the
> name of a whole continent that it shares with other countries.

So its a good thing that there was never another country with a name like,
let's say, "Deutsche Demokratische Republik", that might have made the term
"Deutschland" ambiguous.


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