prefecture
pronunciation
How to pronounce prefecture in British English:
UK [ˈpri:fektʃə(r)]
How to pronounce prefecture in American English:
US [ˈpriːfektʃər]
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- Noun:
- the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
- the office of prefect
Word Origin
- prefecture (n.)
- "administrative district of a prefect," mid-15c., from Middle French préfecture and directly from Latin praefectura, or assembled locally from prefect + -ure.
Example
- 1. All of it is generated outside kansai , in fukui prefecture .
- 2. Climatic features : climate of aba prefecture is complex and varied for the complicated geography and landform .
- 3. Advance units arrived in battered iwate prefecture on the same day of the quake .
- 4. People evacuated to a rooftop at the port in kesennuma in miyagi prefecture .
- 5. Buildings burned in iwaki city , a coastal town in fukushima prefecture .