prefecture
the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
Origin of prefecture
1Other words from prefecture
- pre·fec·tur·al [pri-fek-cher-uhl], /prɪˈfɛk tʃər əl/, adjective
- sub·pre·fec·ture, noun
Words Nearby prefecture
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How to use prefecture in a sentence
Japan’s Olympic Athletes LosingThe government has responded to the surge by further extending the state of emergency until the end of August and expanding it to the prefectures surrounding Tokyo.
Japan's COVID-19 Strategy Relied on Trust. Holding the Olympics Shattered It at the Worst Possible Time | Mayako Shibata/Tokyo | August 6, 2021 | TimeLuckily for them, different prefectures across Japan subsidize cobots at different rates, some as high as 50 percent.
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Ep. 461) | Stephen J. Dubner | May 6, 2021 | FreakonomicsWhen the 29-year-old from the city of Matsuyama in the prefecture of Ehime closed his 65, the only round of all the round this week to lack even one bogey, he led the 85th Masters by four shots heading for Sunday.
Hideki Matsuyama’s sublime day at the Masters gives him a four-shot lead and a shot at history | Chuck Culpepper, Scott Allen | April 11, 2021 | Washington PostRina Sakuraba, from the village of Futaba in the prefecture, was just 15 when the earthquake hit as she was returning home from her middle school graduation.
A quiet Olympic torch relay kicks off from a once-devastated Japanese region | Julia Mio Inuma, Simon Denyer | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostThe 121-day journey began at the national soccer training center in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima with the winning team from the 2011 Women’s World Cup as the first torchbearers.
A quiet Olympic torch relay kicks off from a once-devastated Japanese region | Julia Mio Inuma, Simon Denyer | March 25, 2021 | Washington Post
On October 2011, the prefecture established an ordinance imposing fines and potential jail time.
Japan's Kiddie Porn Empire: Bye-Bye? | Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHiroo Onoda was born on March 19 1922 at the village of Kamekawa in the Wakayama prefecture of south Japan.
The university, while releasing the total figures, would not release prefecture-by-prefecture data.
The Fukushima Generation: New Data on Birth Defects in Post-Meltdown Japan | Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein | September 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn December 20, 2012, a hand grenade exploded at the headquarters of the Dojin-kai in Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka prefecture.
The Great Japanese Gang Wars | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne was a 19-year-old student at Meiji University and the other a 28-year old man in Fukuoka prefecture.
‘I Will Commit a Massacre’ | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | February 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was highly apologetic, but requested him to follow the bearer to the prefecture without delay.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThe edict provided for a place for preaching in each prefecture, to be selected by the king.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdThey laughed at the sub-prefect, the prefect, the councillors of the prefecture, even the council of state.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave FlaubertThen the excitement began—and I had to explain at the prefecture that I had come to see coal, and to find out where it was.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesWhat used to be the episcopal palace of Auxerre is to-day the prefecture.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
British Dictionary definitions for prefecture
/ (ˈpriːfɛkˌtjʊə) /
the office, position, or area of authority of a prefect
the official residence of a prefect in France, Italy, etc
Derived forms of prefecture
- prefectural, adjective
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