prefectural
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Koja won 423,124 votes, while Tamaki received 276,060, according to the prefectural government.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
A small crowd of people gathered outside Tepco's headquarters to protest last week, while hundreds gathered outside the Niigata prefectural assembly in December.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
There are no hospitals on some of these far-flung islands - the nearest is at least six hours by ferry to the prefectural capital, Kagoshima.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
But Okinawa’s prefectural government rejected the revision plan and suspended the reclamation work.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
They were, however, few in number, whereas the miyatsuko were numerous, and this comparison probably furnishes a tolerably just basis for estimating the respective prevalence of the prefectural and the feudal systems.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
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