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Meaning of palatinate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈlætɪnɪt

Definitions

  1. The office or rank of a palatine.
  2. Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly
    historical
  3. A territory ruled by a palatine.
  4. Any of various historical counties palatinate
    historical
  5. The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
    historical
  6. A native or inhabitant of such a territory.
  7. The area of the former German County Palatinate as a region of modern Germany.

Equivalents

Čeština Falc
Deutsch Pfalz Rheinpfalz
Français palatinat
Nederlands palts
Polski palatynat

Examples

“Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Palatinate Forest Palatinate of the Rhine palatinate purple Palatine palatine aponeurosis palatine artery

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