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  Palatinate

  noun

  the Palatinate, either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire: one Lower Palatinate, or Rhine Palatinate is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate and the other Upper Palatinate is now part of Bavaria.
• palatinate
  palatinate

  noun

  a territory ruled by a palatine prince or noble or count palatine

Palatinate

American  

[puh-lat-n-eyt, -it] / pəˈlæt nˌeɪt, -ɪt /

noun

1. the Palatinate, either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire: one Lower Palatinate, or Rhine Palatinate is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate and the other Upper Palatinate is now part of Bavaria.

2. a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate.

3. palatinate, the territory under the jurisdiction of a palatine.

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Palatinate ¹ British  

/ pəˈlætɪnɪt /

noun

1. German name: Pfalz.  either of two territories in SW Germany, once ruled by the counts palatine. Upper Palatinate is now in Bavaria; Lower or Rhine Palatinate is now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, and Hesse

2. a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate

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palatinate ² British  

/ pəˈlætɪnɪt /

noun

1. a territory ruled by a palatine prince or noble or count palatine

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Other Word Forms

• palatinal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Palatinate

First recorded in 1570–80; palatine ¹ + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

From here she can make out the sounds of helicopters nearing Ramstein Air Base, the U.S. military outpost in the hills of the Palatinate Forest.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022

Hedge fund manager Mr Hillery told student newspaper Palatinate - which first reported the story - that he would not "visit Durham again while there is a single Covid-related rule imposed on the students".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2022

The European floods, which began on Wednesday, have mainly hit the German states of Rhineland Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia as well as parts of Belgium.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2021

And when Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Mr. Trump at the White House in April, she gave him a map of the Palatinate region where Kallstadt is.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2018

In the month of August, 1750, three hundred and fifty-three settlers arrived in the ship Alderney; and in September following, three hundred German Protestants, from the Palatinate, in the ship Ann.

From History of Halifax City by Akins, Thomas B.