German

Noun

Landsmannschaft f ‎(genitive Landsmannschaft, plural Landsmannschaften)

1. an association or club of people from the same region (or country) living elsewhere
   1. a student’s association of such kind (many of which exist in traditional university cities in German-speaking Europe)

      Das Corps Guestphalia ist eine westfälische Landsmannschaft in Bonn.

      The Corps Guestphalia is a Westphalian student’s association in Bonn.

   2. (politics) an association representing expelled populations from Germany’s former eastern territories

      die Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier

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Synonyms

• (association representing expelled populations): Vertriebenenverband