capital city
C21
concept
A capital city is the municipality designated as the official seat of a country's or region's government, typically hosting its central administrative, legislative, and often judicial institutions.
All labels observed (29)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| capital city canonical | 414 |
| provincial capital | 188 |
| state capital | 131 |
| former capital | 85 |
| regional capital | 54 |
| seat of legislature | 52 |
| seat of parliament | 24 |
| former national capital | 19 |
| national capital | 17 |
| U.S. state capital | 12 |
| administrative capital | 5 |
| federal city | 3 |
| Capital city | 2 |
| de facto capital | 2 |
| Cherokee capital | 1 |
| capital city in Azeroth | 1 |
| capital city title | 1 |
| capital city type | 1 |
| capital municipality | 1 |
| capital of Egypt | 1 |
| capital of France | 1 |
| capital of Gondor | 1 |
| legislative capital | 1 |
| national capitol | 1 |
| prefecture capital | 1 |
| столица | 1 |
| عاصمة إقليم | 1 |
| عاصمة وطنية | 1 |
| 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: capital city
Generated description
A capital city is the municipality designated as the official seat of a country's or region's government, typically hosting its central administrative, legislative, and often judicial institutions.
Instances (1,008)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda | — |
|
St Mary’s Island
surface form:
Banjul
|
— |
| Viet Tri | provincial capital |
| Bakhchisarai | former capital |
| Trenton, New Jersey | state capital |
| Oslo | — |
| Augusta Treverorum | provincial capital |
|
Parliament Buildings
surface form:
Parliament Buildings (Bridgetown)
|
seat of legislature |
| Stuttgart | state capital |
| Rome | — |
| City of Madison | state capital |
|
Chora
surface form:
Chora (Tinos)
|
former capital |
| Düsseldorf | state capital |
|
CBR
surface form:
Canberra
|
— |
| Cairo | — |
| Ufa | — |
| Parliament Buildings of Barbados | seat of parliament |
|
CUHAV
surface form:
Havana
|
— |
| Oklahoma City | state capital |
| Dili, Timor-Leste | — |
| Amarna | former capital |
|
DAM
surface form:
Damascus
|
— |
| Monrovia | — |
| Palais fédéral | seat of parliament |
|
Male
surface form:
Malé
|
— |
|
Jackson
surface form:
Jackson, Mississippi
|
state capital |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | state capital |
| Yingtian | former capital |
|
Ernő Gerő
surface form:
Budapest
|
— |
| Bartın | provincial capital |
| Iba, Zambales | — |
| Malolos | provincial capital |
| Immeuble Louise-Weiss | seat of parliament |
| Ménaka | regional capital |
| Nineveh | former national capital |
| Bardo Palace | seat of parliament |
| City of Balanga | provincial capital |
| Port of Spain | — |
|
NZWN
surface form:
Wellington
|
— |
| Shangjing | former capital |
|
Springfield
surface form:
Springfield, Illinois
|
state capital |
|
Havana, Cuba
surface form:
Havana
|
— |
| Dùn Èideann | — |
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | provincial capital |
| Long Xuyên | provincial capital |
| Lobamba | — |
| Suwon | provincial capital |
| Sapporo | — |
|
Concord
surface form:
Concord, New Hampshire
|
state capital |
| Kampala | — |