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* '''Mecklenburgh:''' a town in North Carolina; the first declaration of independence in the USA was made there on 20 May 1775 | * '''Mecklenburgh:''' a town in North Carolina; the first declaration of independence in the USA was made there on 20 May 1775 | ||
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| + | * The mother of King William IV (who appears on [[Page 31]]) was Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | ||
* '''burka:''' a loose garment, with veiled eyeholes, covering the whole body, worn in public by Muslim women → [[derryjellybies]] | * '''burka:''' a loose garment, with veiled eyeholes, covering the whole body, worn in public by Muslim women → [[derryjellybies]] | ||
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- Mecklenburgh Street: a street on Dublin's northside, the centre of the city's redlight district in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; formerly known as Great Martin's Lane, in 1765 it was renamed Mecklenburgh Street; in 1887 the name of one section of the street was changed to Tyrone Street (a vain attempt to rid the street of its unsavoury reputation); finally Tyrone Street became Railway Street; Bella Cohen's brothel, in which much of Circe – Ulysses, Chapter 15 – is set, was No. 82 Tyrone Street
- Mecklenburg: a duchy in northern Germany
- Mecklenburgh: a town in North Carolina; the first declaration of independence in the USA was made there on 20 May 1775
- The mother of King William IV (who appears on Page 31) was Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- burka: a loose garment, with veiled eyeholes, covering the whole body, worn in public by Muslim women → derryjellybies
