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PALATINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Palatinate mean? 

PALATINATE (noun)
  The noun PALATINATE has 2 senses:

1. a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatineplay

2. a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatineplay

  Familiarity information: PALATINATE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PALATINATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Palatinate; Pfalz

Instance hypernyms:

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

Holonyms ("Palatinate" is a part of...):

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("palatinate" is a kind of...):

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)


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