former capital city
C1296
concept
A former capital city is an urban center that once served as the official seat of government and administrative authority for a country or region but no longer holds that status.
All labels observed (26)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| former capital city canonical | 97 |
| former colonial capital | 9 |
| historical capital | 9 |
| former state capital | 5 |
| imperial city | 5 |
| former provincial capital | 4 |
| former royal capital | 4 |
| former territorial capital | 4 |
| historical capital city | 4 |
| ancient Chinese capital | 3 |
| former political center | 3 |
| former princely state capital | 3 |
| Yuan dynasty capital | 2 |
| former Roman provincial capital | 2 |
| former administrative capital | 2 |
| former administrative centre | 2 |
| former seat of government | 2 |
| Former capital of Gondor | 1 |
| Ming dynasty capital city | 1 |
| former Cossack capital | 1 |
| former capital of Japan | 1 |
| former capital site | 1 |
| former imperial capital | 1 |
| former sultanate capital | 1 |
| عاصمة تاريخية | 1 |
| ყოფილი დედაქალაქი | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former capital city
Generated description
A former capital city is an urban center that once served as the official seat of government and administrative authority for a country or region but no longer holds that status.
Instances (169)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Pegu | — |
| Martaban | — |
| Shuri | former royal capital |
| Amarapura | — |
| Limburg an der Vesdre | — |
| Yingtian, Ming dynasty | Ming dynasty capital city |
| Dhanyawadi | — |
| მცხეთა | ყოფილი დედაქალაქი |
| Mojon̄ | former administrative capital |
| Urach (earlier period) | former political center |
|
Artashat (Armenia)
surface form:
Artashat
|
— |
| Seringapatam | — |
| Victoria City | former administrative centre |
| Golkonda | — |
|
Cordoba (historical)
surface form:
Córdoba (historical)
|
— |
| Edenton | former colonial capital |
| Zhongdu | historical capital city |
| Batavia | — |
| Rabbath Ammon | — |
| Kotte | — |
| Mauritsstad | former colonial capital |
| Fukuhara-kyō | — |
| Meroë | — |
| Pingcheng | historical capital city |
| Great Preslav | — |
| Meknes | imperial city |
| archaeological site of Pella | — |
| Artaxata | — |
| Yervandashat | — |
| Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India | — |
| Sabi | — |
|
Nojpetén island city
surface form:
Nojpetén
|
— |
| Fukuhara | former capital of Japan |
| Ungjin | historical capital |
| Nicomedeia | former Roman provincial capital |
| Nojpetén | — |
| Pagaruyung | former royal capital |
| Plered | former royal capital |
|
Tsikhegoji (Archaeopolis)
surface form:
Tsikhegoji
|
historical capital |
| Gaegyeong | historical capital city |
| Anhilwad Patan | — |
| Ekbátana | historical capital |
| Nagaoka-kyō | — |
| Bianliang | — |
| Imperial City of Cambrai | imperial city |
| Dongjing | — |
| Shinkyō | — |
| Imperial City of Tournai | imperial city |
| Madā’in | — |
| Kabala | — |