Palatinate
See also: palatinate
English
Etymology
A shortened form of various counties palatinate; see palatinate.
Proper noun
the Palatinate
- (geography, historical) Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly:
- The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 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...
- 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
- The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
- (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): Rhenish Palatinate
Derived terms
- (electoral Palatinate): Rhineland-Palatinate, Upper Palatinate, Lower Palatinate
- (Palatinate of Durham): palatinate purple
Translations
Palatinate
|
|