Palatine
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See also: palatine
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium.
Proper noun
[edit]Palatine
- 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
[edit]Translations
[edit]Palatine Hill — see Palatine Hill
Rhine Franconian dialect
Adjective
[edit]Palatine (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. [from 16th c.]
- 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History, Penguin, page 122:
- Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.
Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]Palatine (plural Palatines)
- (rare, obsolete) A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. [17th c.]
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Palātīne
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