Berlin Wall

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl/, (commonly) /ˈbɜː-/ (US) IPA(key): /bɝˈlɪn wɔl/, (commonly) /ˈbɝ-/ === Proper noun === the Berlin Wall (history) A wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Berlin Wall (plural Berlin Walls) (politics) Any barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border, e.g. the one proposed to keep people from crossing from Mexico into the United States. (chess) The Berlin Defence. ==== Translations ====