prefecture

Noun

Meaning

The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

county district province department canton nome chancellery deanery noma bishopric magistracy area office capital cantonal
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Antonyms

common community lack poor break angle
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Hypernyms

place position office post situation spot

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Examples

About 50% of these moves were within the same prefecture; the others were relocations from one prefecture to another. Source: Internet

After being freed he had led the takeover of the prefecture of Marseille by militant revolutionaries. Source: Internet

A frontier was obviously somewhere close to the later Izumo province (the eastern part of today's Shimane prefecture ). Source: Internet

A driving school in Onojo, Fukuoka Prefecture, has started using an artificial intelligence-based system on a trial basis to evaluate students’ driving skills. Source: Internet

After the Chikugo and Oita rivers flooded early Wednesday in Oita Prefecture, there have been reports of houses and a vehicle with four passengers being swept away. Source: Internet

Arriving passengers are seen through a thermography camera at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Wednesday. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

prefectorially prefectship prefectural prefecture-level city prefecture-level municipality prefecundation