Oder-Neisse Line

proper noun

The modern border between Germany and Poland, decreed by the Allies in 1945 and definitely settled upon in 1990, which follows the Lusatian Neisse and Oder rivers (up to a point south of Stettin, then continuing some 50 km over land to Nowe Warpno Lake, and meeting the Baltic Sea just west of Świnoujście).

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Meanings

proper nounthe Oder-Neisse Line
  1. The modern border between Germany and Poland, decreed by the Allies in 1945 and definitely settled upon in 1990, which follows the Lusatian Neisse and Oder rivers (up to a point south of Stettin, then continuing some 50 km over land to Nowe Warpno Lake, and meeting the Baltic Sea just west of Świnoujście).

Translations

German Oder-Neiße-Linie
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