Palatinate

palatinate English + (region) Etymology A shortened form of various counties palatinate; see en palatinate. Pronunciation en /pəˈlætɪnɪt/ /pəˈlætɪneɪt/ Proper noun the Palatinate en historical Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly: The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire. en 1759 George Sale; et al The Modern Part of an Universal History XXIX History of the German Empire http://books.google.com/books?id=dFtjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2 2 Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons... en 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 en Rhenish Palatinate Derived terms electoral Palatinate en Rhineland-Palatinate, en Upper Palatinate, en Lower Palatinate, en Palatinate Forest Palatinate of Durham en palatinate purple Translations Palatinate Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 普法爾茨 Pǔfǎ'ěrcí Czech: cs Falc f Dutch: nl Palts f Finnish: fi Pfalz French: fr Palatinat m German: de Pfalz f, de Rheinpfalz f Bavarian: bar Pfoiz, bar Pfäjza Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Palz Palatine Hindi: hi पलैटिनेट Polish: pl Palatynat m-in Yiddish: yi פֿאַלץ