Mecklenburg

n. state in Germany; former state of former East Germany on the Baltic Sea

Mecklenburg (Low German: Mekelnborg) is a region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, and Neubrandenburg.The name Mecklenburg derives from a castle named "Mikilenburg" (Old German: "big castle"), located between the cities of Schwerin and Wismar. It was the ancestral seat of the House of Mecklenburg and for a time divided into Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz among the same dynasty.Linguistically Mecklenburgers retain many features of the plattdeutsch, or Low German dialect or language.
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n. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, historical region of northeast Germany on the Baltic Sea

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