Eastern Bloc

English

Proper noun

the Eastern Bloc

1. (geopolitics, historical) The largely Communist countries of the eastern world, usually Eastern Europe and especially in the Cold War era.

   Coordinate term: Western Bloc

Translations

the communist countries of the eastern world

• Arabic: اَلْكُتْلَة الشَّرْقِيَّة f (al-kutla š-šarqiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東方集團／东方集团 (Dōngfāng Jítuán)

• Czech: východní blok m
• Danish: østblok c
• Dutch: Oostblok (nl) n
• Finnish: itäblokki (fi)
• French: pays de l’Est (fr) m
• Georgian: სოციალისტური ბანაკი (socialisṭuri banaḳi), აღმოსავლეთის ბლოკი (aɣmosavletis bloḳi)
• German: Ostblock (de) m
• Greek: Ανατολικό μπλοκ n (Anatolikó blok)
• Japanese: 東側諸国 (ja) (ひがしがわしょこく, Higashi-gawa shokoku)
• Korean: 동구권(東歐圈) (donggugwon)
• Mongolian: Зүүн эвсэл (Züün evsel)
• Polish: blok wschodni m
• Romanian: Blocul Răsăritean n, Lagărul Socialist, Blocul Comunist n
• Russian: Восто́чный блок m (Vostóčnyj blok), ("socialist camp") Социалисти́ческий ла́герь m (Socialistíčeskij lágerʹ)
• Swedish: östblocket (sv) n
• Vietnamese: Khối phía Đông

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