Word Type

Noun

The word "prefecture" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

autonomous prefecture prefectural prefecture-level city prefecture-level municipality prefecturewide sub-prefecture subprefecture

Context

france japan roman empire

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

administrative district administrative division berth office place position post situation territorial division

Type Of (IsA)

administrative district position state

Related Terms

prefect

Related Terms

administer administrative certain chinese division especially french japanese jurisdiction office position prefect region translation

Synonym Network

jun

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.