What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Pomerania vs Mecklenburg - What's the difference?

pomerania | mecklenburg |

As proper nouns the difference between pomerania and mecklenburg

is that pomerania is (historical region of europe on the southern shores of the baltic sea) while mecklenburg is a historical realm in northern germany.

pomerania

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A region of Europe on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, originally a duchy, then a province of Prussia, and now an area shared by Germany and Poland.
  • * 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

    * Pomeranian

    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