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prefectural

prefectural adjective: of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture.

Adjective

prefectural (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture.
    • But Mr. Fukuda appeared to have enough support to win a majority of the 528 votes in the election, with 387 party lawmakers each holding one vote, and prefectural chapters holding 141 votes.2007 September 15, Norimitsu Onishi, “Party Chiefs in Japan Favor Veteran”, in New York Times

Noun

prefectural (plural prefecturals)

  1. (plural-normally) A tournament in which participants from all over the prefecture compete.

Examples of prefectural in a sentence

  • Many prefectural governments operate support centers for families of hikikomori, but they are staffed by nonspecialists.
  • The Bayinguoleng Mongolian autonomous prefectural CCP Committee has organized a new leadership group.
  • In June he filled the vacated post of the Taiwan brigade-general located in the Tainan prefectural center.

All 11 example sentences with prefectural

Forms of prefectural

pluralprefecturals

Origin of prefectural

From prefecture + -al.

Words formed from prefectural

Questions about prefectural

What does prefectural mean?
Prefectural means of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture.
What part of speech is prefectural?
Prefectural can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prefectural in the dictionary

  1. prefectorially
  2. prefects
  3. prefectship
  4. prefectships
  5. prefectual
  6. prefectural
  7. prefecturally
  8. prefecturals
  9. prefecture
  10. prefecture-level cities
  11. prefecture-level city

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