trizonaladj.
/ˈtrʌɪzəʊnəl/ historical.
Of, relating to, or consisting of three zones; spec. with reference to the British, French, and American zones of occupation in West Germany at the end of the Second World War (1939–45).
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trizonal1948
1948 Times 10 Jan. 4/4 Pending steps towards tri-zonal fusion, administrative reorganization must go on in the bizone to secure greater efficiency.
1948 Sunday Times 7 Mar. 1 Establishment of a trizonal régime in Western Germany.
1948 News Chron. 28 Aug. 1 He said the West German political situation, particularly the question of the formation of a trizonal area was discussed.
Derivatives
triˈzonia n. an area of three zones; spec. (with capital initial) West Germany as occupied by the Allies.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Germanic region > [noun] > occupied by Allies
zone1945
trizonia1947
1947 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Nov. 2/8 Advance indications were that a stalemate at London would bring efforts to expand the present American–British occupation area in Western Germany into a ‘trizonia’ with France.
1947 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 28 Dec. ii. 2- b/1 It [sc. the German Socialist party] views the proposed establishment of ‘Trizonia’ with many misgivings.
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