prefecture
Meaning
Noun
- The office or position of a prefect.
- The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.
Related
Similar words
- jun, fu; chun, foo ; commandery
Origin
- From Middle French préfecture, from Latin praefectūra. As an East Asian administrative division, a calque of Chinese 府 and 郡, also used to describe 縣 and 州 in some eras.
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