Definitions for palatinatepəˈlæt nˌeɪt, -ɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Pa•lat•i•natepəˈlæt nˌeɪt, -ɪt(n.)
the.
Category: Geography (places)
Ref: German, Pfalz.; ( Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate ); ( Upper Palatinate )
a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.
Category: Geography (places), Western History
(l.c.) the territory under a palatine.
Category: Geography (places), Western History
Princeton's WordNet
Palatinate, Pfalz(noun)
a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine
palatinate(noun)
a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine
Wiktionary
palatinate(Noun)
A territory ruled by a palatine
palatinate(Noun)
A native or inhabitant of such a territory
palatinate(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate
Palatinate(ProperNoun)
A historical region of Germany, originally a territory of the Holy Roman Empire
Webster Dictionary
Palatinate(noun)
the province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine
Palatinate(verb)
to make a palatinate of
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Palatinate
the name of two States, originally one, of the old German empire, one called the Lower Palatinate or the Palatinate of the Rhine, partitioned in 1815 among the States of Baden, Bavaria, Prussia, and Hesse-Darmstadt, and the other called the Upper Palatinate, now nearly all included in Bavaria; the former has for principal towns Spires and Landau, and the latter Ratisbon.
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