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historical | mecklenburg |

As an adjective historical

is pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

As a noun historical

is a historical romance.

As a proper noun mecklenburg is

a historical realm in northern germany.

historical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

    • Usage notes

    * * See the usage notes about (m) for more.

    Synonyms

    * historic

    Derived terms

    * ahistorical * art-historical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A historical romance.
  • * 1999 , Anne K. Kaler, Rosemary E. Johnson-Kurek, Romantic Conventions , page 63:
    • However, as regular romance readers know, the romance novels that appear on the best-seller lists are not Harlequins at all, but rather historicals and contemporaries, which vary widely from the Harlequin pattern in style, plot, and character.

    mecklenburg

    English

    (wikipedia Mecklenburg)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A historical realm in northern Germany.
  • * 1759 , George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History'', (volume XXIX): ''History of the German Empire , page 2:
    • Since the reign of Charlemagne'', this country is divided into ''High]]'' and ''Low Germany''... the provinces of ''Lower Germany'' towards the north '', ''[[Lusatia, Lu?atia'', ''High Saxony'' upon the ''Elbe'', ''Low Saxony'' upon the ''Elbe'', ''Mecklenburg'' , ''Lauenburg'', ''Brandenburg'', ''Magdeburg'', and ''Pomerania .

    Derived terms

    * Bay of Mecklenburg