County Palatinate of the Rhine

English

Etymology

Calque of German Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein. For more, see county, palatinate and Rhine. For the German, see Pfalz + Grafschaft, bei, Rhein.

Proper noun

the County Palatinate of the Rhine

(historical) A former German state of the Holy Roman Empire.

Synonyms

Palatinate
Palatinate of the Rhine, Rhenish Palatinate
(After 1356): Electoral Palatinate, Electorate of the Palatinate

Translations

former German state

German: Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein

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