"Eastern Bloc" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Eastern Bloc [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Eastern Bloc}} the Eastern Bloc
  1. (geopolitics, historical) The largely Communist countries of the eastern world, usually Eastern Europe and especially in the Cold War era. Wikipedia link: Eastern Bloc Tags: historical Categories (topical): Cold War, Geopolitics Translations (the communist countries of the eastern world): اَلْكُتْلَة الشَّرْقِيَّة (al-kutla š-šarqiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 東方集團 (Chinese Mandarin), 东方集团 (Dōngfāng Jítuán) (Chinese Mandarin), východní blok [masculine] (Czech), østblok [common-gender] (Danish), Oostblok [neuter] (Dutch), itäblokki (Finnish), pays de l’Est [masculine] (French), სოციალისტური ბანაკი (socialisṭuri banaḳi) (Georgian), აღმოსავლეთის ბლოკი (aɣmosavletis bloḳi) (Georgian), Ostblock [masculine] (German), Ανατολικό μπλοκ (Anatolikó blok) [neuter] (Greek), 東側諸国 (Higashi-gawa shokoku) (alt: ひがしがわしょこく) (Japanese), 동구권 (donggugwon) (alt: 東歐圈) (Korean), Зүүн эвсэл (Züün evsel) (Mongolian), blok wschodni [masculine] (Polish), Blocul Răsăritean [neuter] (Romanian), Lagărul Socialist (Romanian), Blocul Comunist [neuter] (Romanian), Восто́чный блок (Vostóčnyj blok) [masculine] (Russian), Социалисти́ческий ла́герь (Socialistíčeskij lágerʹ) (english: socialist camp) [masculine] (Russian), östblocket [neuter] (Swedish), Khối phía Đông (Vietnamese)
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