palatine A palatine or palatinus (Latin; : ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman Empire, Roman times.

(palatine guard) was a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times. Palatine may also refer to:

Personal titles

* Palatine (Kingdom of Hungary), vice-regent of Hungary *

Count palatine A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an or ...

, vice-regal office-bearers in Germany *

Voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

or Count palatine, a governor in Poland *The holder of a

county palatine In England, Wales and Ireland a county palatine or palatinate was an area ruled by a hereditary nobleman enjoying special authority and autonomy from the rest of a kingdom. The name derives from the Latin adjective ''palātīnus'', "relating t ...

, northern counties/duchies in England

Places

* Palatine, County Carlow, Ireland, a hamlet *

Palatine Hill The Palatine Hill (; Classical Latin: ''Palatium''; Neo-Latin: ''Collis/Mons Palatinus''; ), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the ...

, one of the seven hills of Rome * Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois, near Chicago ** Palatine, Illinois, a village predominantly in Palatine Township * Palatine, New York, a town in New York State ** Palatine Bridge, New York, a village inside this town

People

* Palatines, people from the Palatinates of the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...

* Guy Palatin (born 2000), Israeli basketball player

Biology

Palatine bone In anatomy, the palatine bones (; derived from the Latin ''palatum'') are two irregular bones of the facial skeleton in many animal species, located above the uvula in the throat. Together with the maxilla, they comprise the hard palate. Stru ...

, a bone in the palate *The

palatine tonsil Palatine tonsils, commonly called the tonsils and occasionally called the faucial tonsils, are tonsils located on the left and right sides at the back of the throat in humans and other mammals, which can often be seen as flesh-colored, pinkish ...

s in the back of the throat

Entertainment and media

*''Palatine'', a four-CD compilation of

Factory Records Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label featured several important acts on its roster, including Joy Division, New Order (band), New Order, A Certain Ra ...

artists *Palantine, the fictional political candidate with whom Travis Bickle tries to build a relationship with, in ''

Taxi Driver ''Taxi Driver'' is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Set in a morally decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, it stars Robert De Niro as veteran Marine and ...

'' (1976) *Palatine, an elite caste of Xenomorphs from the Alien series

Transportation

* The Palatine, a 1938 London train * Northern Counties Palatine, a step-entrance double-decker bus * Palatine Light, mythical

Ghost Ship A ghost ship, also known as a phantom ship, is a ship, vessel with no living crew aboard; it may be a fictional ghostly vessel, such as the ''Flying Dutchman'', or a physical Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict, derelict found adrift with its cre ...

based on the historic shipwreck Princess Augusta

Other uses

* Palatine GAA club, a Gaelic football club in County Carlow, Ireland