palatine
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
palatine
adj 1: relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index";
"the palatine tonsils" [syn: {palatal}, {palatine}]
2: of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
3: of or relating to a palace
n 1: any of various important officials in ancient Rome
2: (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised
sovereign powers over his lands [syn: {palatine},
{palsgrave}]
3: the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the
location of the first settlement and the site of many
imperial palaces
4: either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of
the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the
floor of the orbits [syn: {palatine}, {palatine bone}, {os
palatinum}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr.
palatium. See {Palace}, and cf. {Paladin}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a
palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to the Palatinate.
[PJC]
3. Of or pertaining to a Palatine[1].
[PJC]
{Count palatine}, {County palatine}. See under {Count}, and
{County}.
{Palatine hill}, or {The palatine}, one of the seven hills of
Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[ae]sars. See
also {Palatine Hill} in the vocabulary, and {Palace}.
[1913 Webster]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Palatine, IL (village, FIPS 57225)
Location: 42.11250 N, 88.04302 W
Population (1990): 39253 (15851 housing units)
Area: 25.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60067, 60074
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Palatine, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 65479
Housing Units (2000): 26223
Land area (2000): 12.973365 sq. miles (33.600860 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.133511 sq. miles (0.345792 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 13.106876 sq. miles (33.946652 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57225
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 42.116885 N, 88.040613 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60067 60074
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Palatine, IL
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