prefecture-level city
Meanings
noun
- An administrative division of China immediately below the province level and above the county level, often comprising a central urban area, a large surrounding rural area, and smaller towns and cities. (Most of China proper today is part of a prefecture-level city.)
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Etymology
Calque from Chinese 地級市／地级市 (dìjíshì, literally “prefecture (地區／地区)-level city”)
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