Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subprefecture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-pre-fec-ture
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An administrative division of a country below prefecture.

Example Sentences

"Captain Camara reacted angrily to these statements, telling reporters Monday that “Guinea is not a subprefecture, is not a neighborhood in France.”"

Etymology

From sub- + prefecture.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

subprefectures (plural) sub-prefecture (alternative) sub prefecture (alternative)

Derived Forms

subprefectural

Questions

What does subprefecture mean?: An administrative division of a country below prefecture.
Where does subprefecture come from?: From sub- + prefecture.

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