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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 judice
  2. sub modo
  3. sub nom.
  4. sub out
  5. sub pixel-perfect
  6. sub prefecture
  7. sub prefectures
  8. sub rosa
  9. sub sandwich
  10. sub sandwiches
  11. sub silencio

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