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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

Over the past several days the floods, which have mostly hit the German states of Rhineland Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia and eastern Belgium, have cut off entire communities from power and communications.

From Reuters • Jul. 17, 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

We thought it better, therefore, to remove ourselves, and presently did so, going to the town of Winnheim in the Rhine Palatinate.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John