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Palatinate1 definition

Pa·lati·nate (pə lat′'n āt′, -it)

noun

  1. the territory ruled by a palatine
  2. a person born or living in the Palatinate

Etymology: ML palatinatus

Palatinate2 definition

Pa·lati·nate (pə lat′'n āt′, -it)

historical region now part of Germany: in two parts: Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate (on the Rhine east of Saarland) and the Upper Palatinate (in E Bavaria on the Danube)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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