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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

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]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. relating to or lying near the palate;
- Example: "palatal index"
- Example: "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;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal. [1913 Webster] Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Palatine \Pal"a*tine\ n. (Anat.) A palatine bone. [1913 Webster]
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, n. 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count. [1913 Webster] 2. The Palatine hill in Rome. [1913 Webster]
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]
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. Headwords: Palatine, IL Palatine