prefecture

English

Alternative forms

• præfecture (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French préfecture, from Latin praefectūra.

Noun

prefecture (plural prefectures)

1. The office or position of a prefect.
2. The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French and Japanese administrative divisions.
3. (historical) Alternative term for commandery, a former administrative division of imperial China.

Derived terms

• (adj): prefectural

Translations

The office of a prefect

• Arabic: مبنى الولاية m (mabna el welaaya)

  Egyptian Arabic: المحافظة f (el muḥaffẓa), مبنى المحافظة m (mabna el muḥaffẓa), مبنى الولاية m (mabna el welaaya)

• Finnish: perfektuuri

• German: Präfektur (de) f
• Romanian: prefectură (ro)
• Russian: префектура (ru) f (prefektúra)
• Spanish: prefectura (es) f

The district governed by a prefect

• Albanian: Prefektura m
• Arabic: ولاية f (wilaaya)

  Egyptian Arabic: ولاية f (welaaya), محافظة f (muḥaffẓa)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郡 (jùn) (historical Chinese commanderies); 都道府縣, 都道府县 (dūdàofǔxiàn) (of Japanese prefectures); 省 (zh) (shěng) (large prefectures in other countries); 縣 (zh), 县 (zh) (xiàn) (small prefectures in other countries)

• Finnish: perfektuuri
• French: préfecture (fr) f
• German: Präfektur (de) f
• Greek: νομός (el) m (nomós)
• Hebrew: מחוז

• Japanese: 県 (ja) (けん, ken), 府 (ja) (ふ, fu), 都道府県 (ja) (とどうふけん, to-dō-fu-ken) (of Japanese prefectures)
• Khmer: អាណាខេត្ត (aa naa kʰaet)
• Korean: 현 (ko) (hyeon) (縣 (ko)), 도도부현 (dodobuhyeon) (都道府縣)
• Lojban: gugypau
• Polish: prefektura (pl)
• Portuguese: prefeitura (pt) f
• Romanian: prefectură (ro)
• Russian: префектура (ru) f (prefektúra)
• Spanish: prefectura (es) f
• Swedish: prefektur c
• Vietnamese: tỉnh (vi) (省)