Gubernatorial

Gubernatorial is used to describe things that have to deal with a governor. An election for a new governor is a gubernatorial election.

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Word of the Day: Gubernatorial

I’m not sure about you guys, but I had a chock-a-block weekend.

I was so busy, in fact, that I was unable to post for three days.

That’s OK, though, because I have time today to catch up.

Anyway, please continue reading.

What a word!


Gubernatorial is an adjective that describes things that deal with a governor.


Tokyo just had an election for a new governor, so it was a…?

Yes, you guessed it!

It was a gubernatorial election.

There was a vacancy in Tokyo due to the resignation of the former governor.

Yuriko Koike won the Tokyo gubernatorial election on Sunday and will be sitting in the governor’s chair from now on!


This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).  

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 70.  

The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100. 



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