Palatine

palatine English Etymology From en la Palātīnus, from la Palātium. Pronunciation en /ˈpælətaɪn/ Proper noun One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement. A placename. A village in Cook County, Illinois. A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland. A town in Montgomery County, New York. The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in the Palatinate. Related terms en palace palatium palatial palatine Translations Palatine Hill Polish: pl Palatyn m-in Rhine Franconian dialect Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 普法爾茨方言 Pǔfǎ'ěrcífāngyán Dutch: nl Paltsisch German: de Pfälzisch n Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Pälzisch n Palatine Polish: pl dialekt palatyński m-in Adjective - Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. from 16th c. en 2016 w:Peter H. Wilson The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History Penguin 122 Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics. Translations German: de pfälzisch Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr pälzisch Palatine Polish: pl palatyński Noun en rare obsolete A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. 17th c. en-GB John Kampfner ‘How do we welcome the stranger, with humanity or anger?’ The forgotten Germans who found refuge in Ireland The Guardian 2026-10-18 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/oct/18/refuge-theatre-play-staatstheater-mainz 0261-3077 This was hugely attractive to the Palatines, who had seen their land ravaged by a series of wars conducted by the expansionist zeal of France’s King Louis XIV. en en Hills Latin Adjective la adjective form Palātīne la Palātīnus voc m s