n.
Pronunciation: p ə - ' la-t ə -n ə t
Variant: or G Pfalz \ ' (p)fälts \
Function: geographical name
either of two districts SW Germany once ruled by counts palatine of the Holy Roman Empire: Rhenish Palatinate (on the Rhine E of Saarland) & Upper Palatinate (on the Danube around Regensburg) ― see RHINELAND-PALATINATE