Prefecture
Prefecture noun - The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire).
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Region and prefecture are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Region" instead a noun "Prefecture".
Nearby Word: prefect
Region
Region noun - A part or portion having no fixed boundaries.
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- Also, in the manga version of the story, he is not from Kansai proper, but instead is from Okayama prefecture (which is slightly to the west of the Kansai region).
Source: The Idiot from Osaka - The Achiga girls don't, even though Nara prefecture is also part of the region (there is a region in the south of the prefecture where the Kansai dialect isn't spoken, but the girls aren't supposed to be from there).
Source: Kansai Regional Accent -
The capital city of Nara prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan have tame deer who live to eat and are not fussy about anything.
Source: Extreme Omni Goat
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Region and Prefecture. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/prefecture/region
Prefecture & Region. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/prefecture/region>.
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