County Palatinate of the Rhine
English edit
Etymology edit
Calque of German Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein. For more, see county, palatinate and Rhine. For the German, see Pfalz + Grafschaft, bei, Rhein.
Proper noun edit
the County Palatinate of the Rhine
- (historical) A former German state of the Holy Roman Empire.
Synonyms edit
- Palatinate
- Palatinate of the Rhine, Rhenish Palatinate
- (After 1356): Electoral Palatinate, Electorate of the Palatinate
Translations edit
former German state
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