What is another word for pfalz?

Pronunciation: [fˈalts] (IPA)

Pfalz is a German word that refers to a region in southwestern Germany. Some synonyms for Pfalz include Palatinate, a historic territory that includes parts of present-day Germany, France, and Switzerland; Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in western Germany that includes Pfalz as one of its regions; and Pfalzgrafschaft, a former county in the area that was ruled by a count or palatine. Other words that may be used as synonyms for Pfalz include Pfalzgraf, meaning palatine or count of Pfalz, and Pfälzer, meaning someone from Pfalz.

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What are the hypernyms for Pfalz?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Pfalz

At last, in 1844, he was called by the friends of Israel in Basel, to be the principal of the house for proselytes in that city, which office he held faithfully, with great ability and usefulness in many directions, till his death in 1868. One of his sons became pastor at Altbayern, and the other, Frederick, who was formerly pastor in the pfalz, succeeded him as principal and agent of the Basel Mission to the Jews, and became a professor in the University there.
"Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ"
Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
I should deem it wrong to let this pass Without first touching my lips to the glass, For here in the midst of the current I stand Like the stone pfalz in the midst of the river, Taking toll upon either hand, And much more grateful to the giver.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
But already on the 5th, they had hardly got done at Dusseldorf, when there appeared-young Wolfgang Wilhelm, Heir-Apparent of that eminent pfalz-Neuburg, he in person, to put up the pfalz-Neuburg Arms!
"History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) Frederick The Great--The Hohenzollerns In Brandenburg--1412-1718"
Thomas Carlyle

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