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Prefecture vs Samos - What's the difference?

prefecture | samos |

As nouns the difference between prefecture and samos

is that prefecture is the office or position of a prefect while samos is .

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

    samos

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A island belonging to the Sporades and a city on it, in the Aegean.
  • A modern Greek prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean that includes the island along with the islands of Icaria and Fourni.

    • Derived terms

    * Samean * Samian * Samiot

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