prefecture

English

Alternative forms

• præfecture (archaic)

Etymology

Latin praefectūra.

Noun

prefecture (plural prefectures)

1. An office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; the official residence of that prefect.
2. A district governed by a prefect (especially in France and Japan)

Translations

The office, position, or jurisdiction 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)

The district governed by a prefect

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

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縣 (zh), 县 (zh) (xiàn), 都道府縣, 都道府县 (dūdàofǔxiàn) (of Japanese prefectures), 省 (zh) (shěng)

• 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)
• Vietnamese: tỉnh (vi) (省)