- pronunciation:
- pae
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the official home of a king or queen or other person of high rank, or a fancy home where a king or queen might live.
The palace of the king and queen has more than two hundred rooms.
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| related words: |
castle |
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Palace comes from
palatium, the Latin name for the grand house of the emperor Augustus Caesar, which sat on the Palatine Hill in Rome.