Pfalz

Pfalz

(pfalts) n (Historical Terms) the German name for the Palatinate

Pa•lat•i•nate

(pəˈlæt nˌeɪt, -ɪt)

n. 1. the. German, Pfalz. either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire: one (Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate) is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate, and the other (Upper Palatinate) is now part of Bavaria. 2. a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. 3. (l.c.) the territory under a palatine.

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Pfalz - a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatinePalatinateDeutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990