Palatine

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Palatine may refer to:

In titles:

• Palatine (Kingdom of Hungary), vice-regent of Hungary
• Count palatine, vice-regal office-bearers in Germany
  • Voivode or Count palatine, a governor in Poland
• The holder of a county palatine, northern counties/duchies in England

In geography:

• Palatine, Illinois, a town near Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
• Palatine, New York, a town in central New York, U.S.
• Palatine, County Carlow, a hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland

In other uses:

• Palatine bone, a bone in the palate
• German Palatines, emigrants from the Palatinate region of Germany around 1710
• Palatine, the Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music of the UK Higher Education Academy

[edit] See also

• Palatine Hill, center most of the seven hills of Rome
• Palatine Bridge, New York, a village in central New York settled by emigrant Germans
• Paladin (disambiguation)
• Palatinus, certain high officials of the papal court
• Palatinate