Palatinate
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See also: palatinate
English
Etymology
A shortened form of various counties palatinate; see palatinate.
Proper noun
the Palatinate
- (historical) Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly:
- The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
- The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
- (geography) The area of the former German County Palatinate as a region of modern Germany.
Synonyms
- (German state): See County Palatinate of the Rhine
- (German region): Rhenish Palatinate
Derived terms
- (electoral Palatinate): Rhineland-Palatinate, Upper Palatinate, Lower Palatinate
- (Palatinate of Durham): palatinate purple