prefecture
UK/ˈpɹiːfɛkt͡ʃə//ˈpɹiˌfɛkt͡ʃəɹ/
prefecture noun: the office or position of a prefect.
Noun
prefecture (plural prefectures)
- The office or position of a prefect.
- The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.
- The top anti-corruption watchdog in Southwest China’s Yunnan province said on Friday the governor of the burgeoning aluminium hub of Wenshan had been placed under investigation.
Zhang Xiulan, who has been governor of Wenshan prefecture since March 2015, is suspected of “grave violations of...2021 April 30, Tom Daly, “China graft watchdog probes governor of emerging aluminium hub”, in Richard Chang, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2023, ALUMINUM - In particular, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan is quickly becoming a hotbed for tech investment from companies including TSMC and Fujifilm Holdings Corp (FUJIF).2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business
- Synonyms:
- jun, fu, chun, foo, commandery
- The top anti-corruption watchdog in Southwest China’s Yunnan province said on Friday the governor of the burgeoning aluminium hub of Wenshan had been placed under investigation.
prefecture meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada
prefecture in Tamil
- நிலப்பகுதி
prefecture in Bengali
- প্রিফেকচার
prefecture in Telugu
- ప్రిఫెక్చర్, ప్రీఫెక్చర్, ప్రిఫెక్చరు
prefecture in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್
More languagesFewer languages
- prefecture in Gujarati
- પ્રીફેકચર, પ્રિફેકચર
- prefecture in Odia
- ପ୍ରିଫେକଚର୍
- prefecture in Arabic
- مَبْنَى الْوِلَايَة mabnā l-wilāya, وِلَايَة wilāya
- prefecture in Malay
- prefektur
- prefecture in Indonesian
- prefektur
- prefecture in Vietnamese
- tỉnh
Examples of prefecture in a sentence
- He said he was from Gongliu county, Yili prefecture in Xinjiang, China.
- Yilamujiang grew up in Altay, a prefecture bordering Mongolia in far northwest Xinjiang.
- Torchbearer Dinigeer Yilamujiang hails from the mountainous terrain of Xinjiang's Altay prefecture.
Synonyms of prefecture
Forms of prefecture
| plural | prefectures |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | præfecture |
Origin of prefecture
Borrowed from Middle French préfecture, from Latin praefectūra. Equivalent to prefect + -ure. As an East Asian administrative division, a calque of Chinese 府 (fǔ) and 郡 (jùn), also used to describe 縣 /县 (xian, “county”) and 州 (zhou, “province”) in some eras.
Words formed from prefecture
Phrases with prefecture
Questions about prefecture
- What does prefecture mean?
- Prefecture means the office or position of a prefect.
- What is prefecture in Tamil?
- Prefecture in Tamil is நிலப்பகுதி. See Prefecture meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is prefecture?
- Prefecture is a noun.
- How do you pronounce prefecture?
- Prefecture is pronounced /ˈpɹiːfɛkt͡ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of prefecture?
- The plural of prefecture is prefectures.
Words near prefecture in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prefecture (page history and authors); prefecture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prefecture (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prefecture (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prefecture (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prefecture (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prefecture (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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