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 |
|---|---|
| Soba East | — |
| al-Qata'i | — |
| Keijō | former administrative capital |
|
Bagacum (Bavay)
surface form:
Bagacum
|
former Roman provincial capital |
| Hoa Lu Ancient Capital | — |
| Shomron | — |
| Tzintzuntzan (Purépecha capital) | — |
| Khudabad | — |
| Orugallu | — |
| Bracara Augusta | former provincial capital |
| Ordu-Baliq | — |
| منف | عاصمة تاريخية |
|
Jiankang City
surface form:
Jiankang
|
— |
| Cahaba, Alabama | former state capital |
| St. Maries | former colonial capital |
| Champassak | former royal capital |
|
Maya city of Nojpetén
surface form:
Nojpetén
|
— |
| ancient city of Linzi | — |
| Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania | — |
| Virginia City, Montana | former territorial capital |
| Jiang (絳) | — |
| Rabaul | former provincial capital |
| Bo | — |
| Shangjing | historical capital city |
| Zhaoge | — |
| Ji | — |
| Danangombe | — |
| Newark, Upper Canada | — |
| Tsikhegoji | — |
| Villa de la Vega | — |
| Santiago de la Vega | — |
| Fortress of Sargon | — |
| Yangcheng | — |
| Fujiwara-kyō site | former capital site |
| Sirohi | former princely state capital |
| Assur archaeological site | — |
| Peremyshl | former political center |
|
city of Ava (Inwa)
surface form:
Ava
|
— |
| Free Imperial City of Worms | imperial city |
| Port Royal, Nova Scotia | former colonial capital |
| Cahawba | former state capital |
| Newark | — |
| Doge’s Palace, Genoa | former seat of government |
| Doornik | — |
| Manan | — |
| Timna | — |
| Opawa | historical capital |
| Cherkassk | former Cossack capital |
| Agade | — |
| Phú Xuân | — |