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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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