Complete Definition of "palace"

Image:Blenheim Palace panorama.jpg|thumb|Blenheim Palace, England
English

Etymology
From F. term|palais|langfr, which comes from L. term|palatium|langla, in reference to the Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, where Rome's aristocracy built large, beautiful residences.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-palace.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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  1. A large residence where aristocrats usually live.

Related terms
palatial

Translations
wikipedia|Taj Mahal
trans-top|large residence where aristocrats usually live
Arabic: Arab|�صر IPAchar|(qa�r) m
Catalan: palau m
Chinese: 宮殿, 宫殿 (g�ngdiàn)
Danish: palads n
Dutch: paleis n
Finnish: palatsi
French: palais m
German: Palast m, Schlo� n
Greek: �αλά�ι (paláti)
Hindi: महल (mahal)
Hungarian: palota
Indonesian: istana
Interlingua: palatio
Italian: palazzo m
Japanese: 宮殿 (�����, kyūden)
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Korean: � (宮, gung), �� (宮殿, gungjeon)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|س��را|trsarA|scKUchar
Latvian: pils f
Neapolitan: palàzzo
Norwegian: palass n
Portuguese: palácio m
Russian: дво�е� (dvoréts) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: дво�а� m, дво� m
:Roman: dvorac m, dvor m
Slovene: pala�a f
Spanish: palacio m
Swedish: palats n
Turkish: saray
Volapük: ledom, regadom
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Category:Royal residences

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