The combined American and British occupation zones in Germany from 1947-1949, created to unify economic administration before the founding of West Germany.
Formed from 'bizone' plus the suffix '-ia' (common in place names and historical entities), creating a proper noun for this specific historical political entity. A neologism of the Cold War era.
Bizonia existed for such a short time that most people have never heard of it, yet it was a crucial stepping stone to the Federal Republic of Germany and shaped European history!
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