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Prefecture vs Kochi - What's the difference?

prefecture | kochi |

As a noun prefecture

is prefecture.

As an adjective kochi is

koch (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have english names of the form "koch's ".

prefecture

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The office or position of a prefect.
  • The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French and Japanese administrative divisions.
  • (historical) , a former administrative division of imperial China.
  • Derived terms

    * (adj) prefectural

    kochi

    English

    (wikipedia Kochi)

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    *

    Proper noun

    (-)
  • a city in Japan.
  • a prefecture in Japan.
  • Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * Cochin

    Proper noun

    (-)
  • a city in Kerala, southwestern India.
  • Anagrams

    *