The village which I visited last summer was a small one in Nagano Prefecture.
Source: tatoeba (19440)
Prefecture
//ˈpɹiːfɛkt͡ʃə//
Synonyms for "prefecture" (91 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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9 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- المحافظة noun (The office of a prefect)
- مبنى المحافظة noun (The office of a prefect)
- مبنى الولاية noun (The office of a prefect)
- محافظة noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Catalan
2 entries- prefectura noun (The office of a prefect)
- prefectura noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Chagatai
2 entries- حكيملك noun (The office of a prefect)
- حكيملك noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 地區 /地区 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
- 省 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
- 縣 /县 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
- 郡 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Dutch
2 entries- prefectuur noun (The office of a prefect)
- prefectuur noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Finnish
2 entries- prefektuuri noun (The office of a prefect)
- prefektuuri noun (The district governed by a prefect)
French
1 entries- préfecture noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Gagauz
2 entries- valilik noun (The office of a prefect)
- valilik noun (The district governed by a prefect)
German
2 entries- Präfektur noun (The office of a prefect)
- Präfektur noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Greek
1 entries- νομός noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Hebrew
1 entries- מחוז noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Indonesian
1 entries- prefektur noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Japanese
3 entries- 府 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
- 県 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
- 都道府県 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Khmer
1 entries- អាណាខេត្ត noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Korean
2 entries- 도도부현 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
- 현 noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Latin
2 entries- praefectūra noun (The office of a prefect)
- praefectūra noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Lithuanian
2 entries- prefektūra noun (The office of a prefect)
- prefektūra noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Malay
1 entries- prefektur noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Moore
1 entries- perfɛktɩɩre noun (The office of a prefect)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- prefektur noun (The office of a prefect)
- prefektur noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- prefektur noun (The office of a prefect)
- prefektur noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- تولیه noun (The office of a prefect)
- تولیه noun (The district governed by a prefect)
- ریاست noun (The office of a prefect)
- ریاست noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Polish
1 entries- prefektura noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Portuguese
1 entries- prefeitura noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Romanian
2 entries- prefectură noun (The office of a prefect)
- prefectură noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Russian
2 entries- префекту́ра noun (The office of a prefect)
- префекту́ра noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Spanish
2 entries- prefectura noun (The office of a prefect)
- prefectura noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Swedish
1 entries- prefektur noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Turkish
1 entries- valilik noun (The office of a prefect)
Uyghur
1 entries- ۋىلايەت noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tỉnh noun (The district governed by a prefect)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.
Source: tatoeba (61684)
Six high-tech companies set up branch offices in that prefecture.
Source: tatoeba (72458)
My parents were born in Aichi Prefecture.
Source: tatoeba (252081)
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