Bindestrichland

Etymology
From 🇰🇲. Originally used of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was created by the Allied occupation authorities by dividing the Prussian and joining its northern half to the province of Westphalia.

Noun

 * 1) a state or political territory whose name contains a hyphen, with the implication that it has been arbitrarily created from merging two regions that share few historical and cultural ties

Usage notes

 * Used especially of the German state of and to a lesser degree of, , and.