| See under Berlin (def. 2). |
[ber-lin for 1–3; bur-lin for 4, 5; for 3 also Ger. ber-leen] 
| 1. | Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter. |
| 2. | Isaiah, 1909–97, English political philosopher and historian, born in Latvia. |
| 3. | the capital of Germany, in the NE part: constitutes a state. 3,121,000; 341 sq. mi. (883 sq. km.). Formerly (1948-90) divided into a western zone (West Berlin), a part of West Germany; and an eastern zone (East Berlin), the capital of East Germany. |
| 4. | a town in central Connecticut. 15,121. |
| 5. | a city in N New Hampshire. 13,084. |
| a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 16,340,000; 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km.). Capital: East Berlin. |
| East Berlin See Berlin. East Berliner n. |
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