Mecklenburg
geographical name
Meck·len·burg
| \ ˈme-klən-ˌbərg
, -ˌbu̇rk\
, -ˌbu̇rk\
Definition of Mecklenburg
region of northeastern Germany southeast of the Jutland Peninsula and east of the Elbe River; in the 18th and 19th centuries divided into the duchies of
Mecklenburg-Schwe*rin
\ -shvā-ˈrēn \
and
Mecklenburg-Stre*litz
\ -ˈshtrā-ləts
, -ˈstrā-\
, which became grand duchies in 1815 and states of the Weimar Republic in 1919
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and
Mecklenburg-Stre*litz
\ -ˈshtrā-ləts
, -ˈstrā-\
, which became grand duchies in 1815 and states of the Weimar Republic in 1919