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 |
|---|---|
| Dahanapura | — |
| Pinya | — |
|
Yijiu
surface form:
Luoyi
|
ancient Chinese capital |
|
Ping
surface form:
Luoyang
|
ancient Chinese capital |
| Daha | — |
| São Salvador do Congo | — |
|
Citadel of the Ho Dynasty (border region)
surface form:
Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
|
— |
| Santa Isabel | — |
| Lecompton, Kansas | former territorial capital |
| Kalyani (Basavakalyan) | — |
| Kalyani | — |
| Amer | — |
| Cincinnati, Northwest Territory | former territorial capital |
| Foix | — |
|
Louisville
surface form:
Louisville, Georgia
|
former state capital |
| Shahjahanabad | former imperial capital |
|
city of Sitawaka
surface form:
Sitawaka
|
— |
| Watugaluh | — |
| St. Stephens | former territorial capital |