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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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History
Calque from Chinese 地級市/地级市 (dìjíshì, literally “prefecture (地區/地区)-level city”)
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