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PREFECTURAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prefectural mean?
• PREFECTURAL (adjective)
The adjective PREFECTURAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to a prefecture
Familiarity information: PREFECTURAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a prefecture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a prefectural museum
Pertainym:
prefecture (the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire))
Derivation:
prefecture (the office of prefect)
prefecture (the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire))
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