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語源

A shortened form of various counties palatinate; see palatinate.

発音

• IPA: /pəˈlætɪnɪt/, /pəˈlætɪneɪt/

固有名詞

the Palatinate

1. (historical) Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly:
   1. The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
      • 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:

        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...

2. (geography) The area of the former German County Palatinate as a region of modern Germany.

同意語

• (German state): See County Palatinate of the Rhine
• (German region): Rhenish Palatinate

派生語

• (electoral Palatinate): Rhineland-Palatinate, Upper Palatinate, Lower Palatinate, Palatinate Forest
• (Palatinate of Durham): palatinate purple