Mecklenburg

[mek-luhn-burg, 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

Many Republicans seized on Brown’s criminal history, his release by a judge after repeated 911 calls that revealed mental health problems, and Mecklenburg County’s prior efforts to reduce its jail population to reinforce their view that Democrats are soft on crime.

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While declining to comment on the specifics of the case, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather outlined the challenges of holding defendants with mental health issues accountable for their actions.

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

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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.

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

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