Hyphenation of prefectures

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prefectures? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of prefectures:

1.	The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
2.	The office of prefect

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.