Mecklenburg
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English
Etymology
From German Mecklenburg.
Proper noun
Mecklenburg (countable and uncountable, plural Mecklenburgs)
- (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.
- (countable) A surname from German.
Derived terms
- Bay of Mecklenburg
- Mecklenburg Bay
- Mecklenburg County
- Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
- Mecklenburgian
- Mecklenburgish
Translations
region of Germany
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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
- 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”), 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)
- Mecklenburg (a region in northern Germany)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Herrmann, Joachim (1970). Die Slawen in Deutschland, p. 530