Mecklenburg

[ mek-luhn-burg; German mek-luhn-boork, mey-kluhn- ]

noun

1. a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Mecklenburg

/ ˈmeːklənbʊrk; ˈmɛklənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a historic region and former state of NE Germany, along the Baltic coast; now part of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania

Example Sentences

Big cities are not exempt, either; in Mecklenburg County, which includes Charlotte, North Carolina, 11 percent of homes lie within it.

From Salon

In a rehearsal last week at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin, northeastern Germany, Fleshpiece, a shirtless performer with tattoos and purple hair, strode to the front of the main stage and delivered an impassioned monologue.

From New York Times

“You’re making careful people into criminals with this bill,” Democratic Sen. Natasha Marcus of Mecklenburg County said on the Senate floor.

From Seattle Times

The “Law & Order” and “Rizzoli & Isles” alum, who filed a civil lawsuit over the March 30 incident in Mecklenburg County, N.C., believes the app is “beyond responsible for all this.”

From Los Angeles Times

Senate Republicans used a parliamentary maneuver to table another amendment from Sen. Mujtaba Mohammed, a Mecklenburg County Democrat, that would allow a district attorney to file an objection to a detainer on behalf of a crime victim who seeks prosecution against an inmate in North Carolina.

From Seattle Times