prefecture
noun
pre·fec·ture
ˈprē-ˌfek-chər 
1
: the office or term of office of a prefect
2
: the official residence of a prefect
3
: the district governed by a prefect
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On Tuesday, part of an intersection in Saitama prefecture, about 18 miles north of Japan’s capital, swallowed a three-ton truck and its driver, a 74-year-old man.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Mayotte was also again opening cyclone shelters at schools and community centers for those in need, the prefecture said.
—Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Upon returning to his family in Takaharu, the colonel—initially prohibited, along with his son, from holding public office because of his position as an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army—was resigned to a simple, peaceful life farming the rich land of Miyazaki prefecture.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
In a ruling published on Thursday, the Chalons-en-Champagne administrative tribunal ordered the prefecture to reconsider the application to keep the animal and ordered the state to pay €1,500 ($1,545) in damages to the hog’s owner.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Mayotte was also again opening cyclone shelters at schools and community centers for those in need, the prefecture said.
—Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Upon returning to his family in Takaharu, the colonel—initially prohibited, along with his son, from holding public office because of his position as an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army—was resigned to a simple, peaceful life farming the rich land of Miyazaki prefecture.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
In a ruling published on Thursday, the Chalons-en-Champagne administrative tribunal ordered the prefecture to reconsider the application to keep the animal and ordered the state to pay €1,500 ($1,545) in damages to the hog’s owner.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Prefecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prefecture. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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prefecture
noun
pre·fec·ture
ˈprē-ˌfek-chər
1
: the office or term of office of a prefect
2
: the district governed by a prefect
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