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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region of northeast Germany on the Baltic Sea. It was originally occupied c. sixth century AD by Slavic peoples who were then displaced by Germanic settlements. After 1621 Mecklenburg was divided into two duchies, which joined a confederation of German states in 1867.
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- proper noun A historical region in northern
Germany .
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Examples
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They ricocheted around Central Europe before landing in Mecklenburg, Germany, at a refugee camp ravaged by typhus during the worst winter of the century.
Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? Anne Midgette 2010
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Mecklenburg Police call Stanfield Key one of the most dangerous rapists ever convicted in Mecklenburg County. ......
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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If we aggregate these effects across all homes affected and all offenders, we find that the presence of sex offenders depresses property values in Mecklenburg County by about $60 million.
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If we aggregate these effects across all homes affected and all offenders, we find that the presence of sex offenders depresses property values in Mecklenburg County by about $60 million.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Prison camps closed in Mecklenburg (Parchim), Saxony (Bautzen and Chemnitz), Silesia (Neuhammer), Brandenburg
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They caught MS 13 gang members congregating at the pit the cops raided in Mecklenburg County.
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Lott (more than one line) [Earliest known (1) born ca. 1759 unknown but had first child in Mecklenburg Co.,
INVESTIGATION OF SURNAMES IN MY DIRECT ANCESTRY Maggie Jochild 2004
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Lott (more than one line) [Earliest known (1) born ca. 1759 unknown but had first child in Mecklenburg Co.,
Archive 2004-08-15 Maggie Jochild 2004
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Even one of the front page articles takes place over in Mecklenburg.
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Even one of the front page articles takes place over in Mecklenburg.
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