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welshguyinpolaThreads: 32
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 Apr 3, 11, 21:35    #1
I should be ashamed I know, but I relly cant find an English word for the above. It is a word used to refer to all the countries behind the eastern side of the iron curtain.

Can someone help me??

Thanks in advance for your help
AdamKadmonThreads: 38
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 Apr 3, 11, 21:40    #2
Blok wschodni (blok socjalistyczny, kraje demokracji ludowej – KDL, kraje komunistyczne, potocznie demoludy

Eastern block countries; people's democracies; in Polish (DEMOkracja LUDowa thus called 'demoludy')
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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 Apr 3, 11, 21:43    #3
Demoludy were an ironic/pejorative shortcut for demokracje ludowe (people's democracies), but I don't think you can translate that into English other than through some description. Those countries used to be known as the Soviet bloc, eastern bloc, communist countries, captive nations, iron-curtain states, etc.
welshguyinpolaThreads: 32
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 Apr 3, 11, 21:44    #4
Thanks for ur help.



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