Meaning

2 senses
  1. The office or position of a prefect.

    Präfektur

    префекту́раprefektúra

    the office of prefect

  2. The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.

    Präfektur

    префекту́раprefektúra

Examples

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  1. How many prefectures are there in Japan?

    ruСколько префектур в Японии?

    deWie viele Präfekturen gibt es in Japan?

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  2. I'm sure I'll get along with him because we're from the same prefecture.

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  3. The village which I visited last summer was a small one in Nagano Prefecture.

    deDas Dorf, das ich letzten Sommer besucht habe, war ein kleines in der Präfektur Nagano.

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  4. I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.

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  5. Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.

    ruТюльпан - официальный цветочный символ нашей префектуры.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French préfecture, from Latin praefectūra. Equivalent to prefect + -u

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.

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