'Palatine' definitions:
Definition of 'palatine'
From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils" [syn: palatal, palatine]
adjective
Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
adjective
Of or relating to a palace
noun
Any of various important officials in ancient Rome
noun
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands [syn: palatine, palsgrave]
noun
The most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
noun
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]
Definition of 'Palatine'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Palatine'
From: GCIDE
- Palatine \Pal"a*tine\ n. (Anat.) A palatine bone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'palatine'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'palatine'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Palatine, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.