a state of E Germany: created in 1947 from the state of Anhalt and those parts of Prussia formerly ruled by the duchy of Saxony: part of East Germany until 1990. Pop: 2 523 000 (2003 est)
Saxony-Anhalt in American English
(ˈsæksəniˈɑnˌhɑlt)
state of E Germany: 9,653 sq mi (25,001 sq km); pop. 2,797,000; cap. Magdeburg