Mecklenburg

Mecklenburg

English

Etymology

From German Mecklenburg.

Proper noun

Mecklenburg (plural Mecklenburgs)

1. (uncountable) An area in Baltic northern Germany.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, 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.

2. (countable) A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Bay of Mecklenburg
• Mecklenburg County
• Mecklenburgian
• Mecklenburgish

Translations

region of Germany

Czech: Meklenbursko (cs) n French: Mecklembourg (fr) m German: Mecklenburg (de) n Italian: Meclemburgo m Low German: Mekelnborg (nds) n, Mäkelnborg n, Mękelborg n Polish: Meklemburgia (pl) f Portuguese: Mecklemburgo m, Mecklenburg m, Mecklenburgo m Russian: Мекленбу́рг (ru) m (Meklenbúrg) Serbo-Croatian: Meklenburg f or n Swedish: Mecklenburg (sv)

Statistics

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

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mecklenburg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.

---

German

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Meklenburg

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːklənbʊʁk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːklənbʊʁç/ (northern regions)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛklənbʊʁk/ (central and southern Germany)

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Meck‧len‧burg

Proper noun

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

1. Mecklenburg (a region in northern Germany)

Derived terms

• Mecklenburg-Güstrow
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Mecklenburger
• mecklenburger
• mecklenburgisch

References

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