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Noun: palatinate  pu'la-ti-nut
  1. A territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine
    "The Palatinate was an important region in medieval Germany"
Noun: Palatinate  pu'la-ti-nut
  1. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine
    - Pfalz

Derived forms: palatinates

Type of: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory

Part of: Deutschland, Federal Republic of Germany, FRG, Germany

Encyclopedia: Palatinate, Rhenish