Mecklenburg

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English

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Etymology

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From German Mecklenburg.

Proper noun

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Mecklenburg (countable and uncountable, plural Mecklenburgs)

  1. (uncountable) An area in Baltic northern Germany.
    • 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
      Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
    • 1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 67f. ([1]):
      Men like Fritz Reuter (employing the Mecklenburg dialect) and Klaus Groth (employing the Holstein dialect) have tried to raise it [= New-Low-German, or Plattdeutsch] to a written language.
  2. (countable) A surname from German.

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Mecklenburg is the 34574th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 654 individuals. Mecklenburg is most common among White (92.66%) individuals.

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the castle Mikilenburg, Old Saxon for "great castle", from mikil (great) + burg (castle),[1] cp. Michelenburg (995).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːklənbʊʁk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːklənbʊʁç/ (northern regions)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛklənbʊʁk/ (central and southern Germany)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Meck‧len‧burg

Proper noun

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Mecklenburg n (proper noun, genitive Mecklenburgs or (optionally with an article) Mecklenburg)

  1. Mecklenburg (a region in northern Germany)

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References

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  1. ^ Herrmann, Joachim (1970). Die Slawen in Deutschland, p. 530