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sub-prefecture

sub-prefecture is the alternative form of subprefecture.

Meaning of subprefecture

Noun

subprefecture (plural subprefectures)

  1. An administrative division of a country below prefecture.
    • Captain Camara reacted angrily to these statements, telling reporters Monday that “Guinea is not a subprefecture, is not a neighborhood in France.”2009 October 7, Adam Nossiter, “U.S. Condemns Mass Killings and Rape in Guinea”, in New York Times

Forms of sub-prefecture

pluralsub-prefectures

Questions about sub-prefecture

What is sub-prefecture the alternative form of?
Sub-prefecture is the alternative form of subprefecture.

Words near sub-prefecture in the dictionary

  1. sub-post offices
  2. sub-postmaster
  3. sub-postmasters
  4. sub-postmistress
  5. sub-postmistresses
  6. sub-prefecture
  7. sub-prefectures
  8. sub-prime
  9. sub-problem
  10. sub-problems
  11. sub-project

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