Palatine (disambiguation)

A palatine was a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times.

Palatine may also (or more specifically) refer to:

In titles:

• Palatine (Kingdom of Hungary), vice-regent of Hungary
• Count palatine, vice-regal office-bearers in Germany (See also German Palatines, emigrants from the Palatinate region of Germany around 1710.)
• Voivode or Count palatine, a governor in Poland
• The holder of a county palatine, northern counties/duchies in England

In places:

• Palatine, County Carlow, a hamlet in County Carlow, Republic of Ireland
• Palatine Hill, centre-most of the seven hills of Rome
• Palatine Township, Illinois, a township near Chicago, Illinois, USA, one of six townships that form Cook County's panhandle.
  • Palatine, Illinois, a village predominantly in Palatine Township, near Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Palatine, New York, a town in central New York, USA
  • Palatine Bridge, New York, a village inside the above mentioned New York town settled by emigrant Germans

In biology:

• Palatine bone, a bone in the palate
• The palatine tonsils in the back of the throat

In other uses:

• 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
• The Palatine, a 1938 London train
• Northern Counties Palatine, a type of bus body

See also

• Palatinate (disambiguation)
• Palatinus (Roman Catholic Church), certain high officials of the papal court
• Paladin (disambiguation)