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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Once upon a time, Ohtani was in Sasaki’s shoes: a generational talent from Japan’s rural northwest Iwate prefecture, making the jump to MLB at 23 years old, trying to decipher which club would be best for the start of his big-league career.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki prefecture, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
It was given an index score of 8.28 out of a possible 10, tying it with the Stove Winter Train in Japan's Aomori prefecture.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
In addition to Tokyo and other Japanese prefectures, LITKOVSKA can be found in London, Munich, New York, Paris and in many, many other cities.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki prefecture, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
It was given an index score of 8.28 out of a possible 10, tying it with the Stove Winter Train in Japan's Aomori prefecture.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
In addition to Tokyo and other Japanese prefectures, LITKOVSKA can be found in London, Munich, New York, Paris and in many, many other cities.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Prefecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prefecture. Accessed 6 Feb. 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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