(けんない)

けんない
noun
within the prefecture; inside the prefecture
1. within the prefecture; inside the prefecture
The area inside the boundaries of a particular prefecture. Often used with の to modify another noun.
県内(けんない)()んでいる。
I live within the prefecture.
その大学(だいがく)県内(けんない)一番(いちばん)有名(ゆうめい)だ。
That university is the most famous in the prefecture.
県内(けんない)各地域(かくちいき)から代表選手(だいひょうせんしゅ)(あつ)まって大会(たいかい)(ひら)かれた。
Representative athletes gathered from every area within the prefecture for the tournament.

Refers to the area inside a prefecture's borders. Frequently used as a noun modifier with の, as in 県内(けんない)学校(がっこう) (schools in the prefecture).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 県内(けんない)各地(かくち): various places throughout the prefecture
  • 県内(けんない)出身(しゅっしん): from within the prefecture
  • 県内(けんない)屈指(くっし): among the best in the prefecture

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 県外(けんがい): outside the prefecture — the direct antonym
  • 市内(しない): within the city — the equivalent at the municipal level