This week’s theme
Words derived from Italian landmarks

This week’s words
pantheon
coliseum
palatine
rialto
lido

A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(PAL-uh-tyn)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Of or relating to a palace.
2. Of, relating to, or in the palate.

ETYMOLOGY:

For 1: After Palatine, from Latin Palatium, the name of the centermost of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. Roman emperors built their palaces on this hill. The word palace also derives from the same source.
For 2: From French palatin, from Latin palatum palate (roof of the mouth).

USAGE:

The palatine city just outside the capital, symbol of the wealth and the secular aesthetics of the caliph and his entourage, was destroyed
by Muslim armies."
Maria Rosa Menocal; A Golden Reign of Tolerance; The New York Times; Mar 28, 2002.

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