Palatine (disambiguation)

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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:

Personal 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

Places

• Palatine, County Carlow, a hamlet in County Carlow, Republic of Ireland
• Palatine Hill, the most central hill of the seven hills of Rome
• Palatine Township, Illinois, near Chicago, Illinois; one of six townships that form the panhandle of Cook County
  • Palatine, Illinois, a village predominantly in Palatine Township, near Chicago, Illinois
• Palatine, New York, a town in central New York State
  • Palatine Bridge, New York, a village inside this town in New York

In biology

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

In entertainment and media

• Palatine, a four-CD compilation of Factory Records artists
• Palantine, the fictional political candidate with whom Travis Bickle tries to build a relationship with, in Taxi Driver (1976)
• Palatine, an elite caste of Xenomorphs from the Alien series
• PALATINE (Performing Arts Learning and Teaching Innovation Network), the Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music of the UK Higher Education Academy

In transportation

• The Palatine, a 1938 London train
• Northern Counties Palatine, a step-entrance double-decker bus

Other uses

• German Palatines, emigrants from the Palatinate region of Germany around 1710

See also

• Electoral Palatinate
• Palatinate (disambiguation)
• Palatino (disambiguation)
• Paladin (disambiguation)
• Rhineland-Palatinate, one of the States of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Palatinus (Roman Catholic Church), certain high officials of the papal court