Mecklenburg

English Etymology From en de Mecklenburg. Proper noun ~ s en Q109057en uncountable en historical region in Baltic northern c/Germany ; part of the modern <<s:pref/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern>> Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. en 1759 George Sale; et al The Modern Part of an Universal History XXIX History of the German Empire http://books.google.com/books?id=dFtjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2 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. (): 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. en countable en German. Derived terms en Bay of Mecklenburg Mecklenburg Bay Mecklenburg County Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Mecklenburgian Mecklenburgish Translations region of Germany Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 梅克倫堡 Méikèlúnbǎo Czech: cs Meklenbursko n French: fr Mecklembourg m German: de Mecklenburg n Italian: it Meclemburgo m Low German: nds Mekelnborg n, nds Mäkelnborg n, nds Mękelborg n Polish: pl Meklemburgia f Portuguese: pt Mecklemburgo m, pt Mecklenburg m, pt Mecklenburgo m Russian: ru Мекленбу́рг m Serbo-Croatian: sh Meklenburg f n Swedish: sv Mecklenburg Statistics 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. Further reading German Alternative forms obsolete de Meklenburg Etymology de :der osx:-<ety:af<mikil><burg>> From the castle Mikilenburg, de osx - for "great castle", from osx mikil great + osx burg castle,Herrmann, Joachim (1970). Die Slawen in Deutschland, p. 530 cp. la Michelenburg 995. Pronunciation de /ˈmeːklənbʊʁk/ standard de /ˈmeːklənbʊʁç/ northern regions de /ˈmɛklənbʊʁk/ central and southern Germany de De-Mecklenburg2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de DE-Mecklenburg.OGG de De-Mecklenburg3.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Meck len burg Proper noun toponym de Mecklenburg Q109057 Derived terms de Mecklenburg-Güstrow Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburger mecklenburger mecklenburgisch Nordwestmecklenburg References