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 palatine

2. a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine

  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)