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prefectural

prefectural

1 9.5
Relating to a local government area called a prefecture in some countries
  • adjective
  • /ˌpriːˈfɛk.tʃər.əl/
  • Formal
translation icon : prefectural
  • About a month later, the old woman was summoned to the urban prefectural office, where she received her award money.
  • prefectural governments
  • Prefectural Institute
  • Prefectural Institute of Public

Examples

  • In one of the small cities near Lake Suwako, a prefectural museum has been erected to Shinshu's silk-weaving heritage.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Her hometown was in a corner of Shikoku Island, one of the few prefectural capitals to which the trains did not run.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In the beginning of the summer in 1967, a group from the prefectural assembly visited my father.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The data on prefectural consumption of fuel in two-digit manufacturing sectors are also available in this survey.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Japanese fishermen have used driftnets in Japanese waters under prefectural license for about 100 years.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Superintendents of the prefectural boards of education stand over school principals.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Administratively, Nagasaki was by 1941 of merely local importance despite being the seat of the prefectural government.

    Blog text (9)

  • MAFF delegates this authority to the prefectural governments, and the prefectures in turn delegate to the cities and towns for the public benefit.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Although advocates and union officials present their appeals and attempt to negotiate their demands, prefectural and municipal government administrators do not seem willing to respond in unison.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The prefectural government organized a festival to celebrate local culture in the city.

Synonyms

provincial
vsprefectural
37 5.6

Having to do with a province or its regional government

is about a smaller local administrative division within the same national system
countian
vsprefectural
  • Archaic
8.1

Relating to a county government and its work

is used for a higher-level administrative division rather than this smaller local one

Surface Forms

prefectural positive

Morphology

prefectural = prefecture (transparent) = prefecture + al

The adjective is formed straightforwardly from 'prefecture' with '-al' meaning 'relating to a prefecture'.

Etymology

Prefectural comes from prefect and prefecture; a prefect was originally someone 'placed in front' to be in charge. So prefectural describes something that belongs to or is run by a prefecture, the local area or office managed by those officials.