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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After completing Slither Housing in 2000, an angular yet gently curved 105-unit apartment building in Japan’s Gifu prefecture, the husband-and-wife team increasingly turned its attentions to cultural architecture.
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Oscar Holland, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
The first blooms happen in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa and move northward, where the last of the blooms can be seen in Hokkaido around the end of April.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
What To Know The pit stop, also known as hot pit refueling, was conducted from February 20 to 27 at Misawa Air Base in Japan's northern Aomori prefecture during the Bomber Task Force 25-1 mission, involving B-1B bombers assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
In its update, Costco also announced the opening of two international warehouses — one in Minami-Alps, in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, and one in Ardeer, in Victoria, Australia.
—Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 27 Feb. 2025
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Oscar Holland, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
The first blooms happen in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa and move northward, where the last of the blooms can be seen in Hokkaido around the end of April.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
What To Know The pit stop, also known as hot pit refueling, was conducted from February 20 to 27 at Misawa Air Base in Japan's northern Aomori prefecture during the Bomber Task Force 25-1 mission, involving B-1B bombers assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
In its update, Costco also announced the opening of two international warehouses — one in Minami-Alps, in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, and one in Ardeer, in Victoria, Australia.
—Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Prefecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prefecture. Accessed 1 Apr. 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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