prefecture

n. police station, headquarters of a prefect; position of police chief, office of police chief; area administered by a prefect (such as in Japan or France or in the past in the Roman Empire); jurisdiction of a prefect

The term prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circumscription of a Prefect. In English the term prefecture is also used to refer to offices deemed equivalent in other languages' cultural traditions.
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A prefecture in France can refer to :the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a département is located ;the Chef-lieu de région, the town in which the administration of a région is located ;the jurisdiction of a préfecture ;the official residence or headquarters of a préfet.
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Noun
1. the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(classification) France, French Republic
2. the office of prefect
(hypernym) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

n. prefecture, police station

(n.)
The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence.