PREFECTURE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the office of prefect
   Hypernyms(s) prefecture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • position (what does position mean?)
   • post (what does post mean?)
   • berth (what does berth mean?)
   • office (what does office mean?)
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   • billet (what does billet mean?)
   • place (what does place mean?)
   • situation (what does situation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
   Hypernyms(s) prefecture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • administrative district (what does administrative district mean?)
   • administrative division (what does administrative division mean?)
   • territorial division (what does territorial division mean?)