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 |
|---|---|
|
Guinea
surface form:
Conakry
|
— |
| Laoag | provincial capital |
| El Hajeb | provincial capital |
| Samsun | provincial capital |
|
Bikita
surface form:
Harare
|
— |
| Dharmasraya | former capital |
|
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
surface form:
Vigan
|
provincial capital |
| Columbia, South Carolina | state capital |
| Magas | — |
|
Togo
surface form:
Lomé
|
— |
| Bathurst | — |
| Reich capital Berlin | — |
| Moscow City Duma building | seat of legislature |
| Moscow City Duma building on Strastnoy Boulevard | seat of legislature |
| Ayutthaya, Thailand | former capital |
|
city of Posen
surface form:
Posen
|
regional capital |
| United States Capitol | seat of legislature |
| Quy Nhơn | provincial capital |
| Ottawa | — |
| Nha Trang | provincial capital |
| Ciudad de Corrientes | provincial capital |
| Resistencia | provincial capital |
|
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
surface form:
Indianapolis
|
state capital |
|
SUV
surface form:
Suva
|
— |
| Providence, Rhode Island, United States | state capital |
| Montpelier, Vermont | state capital |
| Cheyenne | state capital |
| Yasodharapura | former capital |
| Minsk | — |
|
BRN
surface form:
Bern
|
— |
| Catbalogan | provincial capital |
| Sacramento | state capital |
| Patrae | regional capital |
|
Paris–Warsaw
surface form:
Paris
|
— |
| Dalek City | — |
|
Söderblom
surface form:
Stockholm
|
— |
|
ASU
surface form:
Asunción
|
— |
| Pontianak | provincial capital |
| Douglas | — |
| City of Glarus | — |
| Cheongju | provincial capital |
| Buea | regional capital |
| Palikir | — |
| Alakapuri | — |
| Arusha, Tanzania | regional capital |
| Kuala Lumpur | — |
| Malé Island | — |
| Shillong | — |
| Jeju City | provincial capital |
|
Douglas urban area
surface form:
Douglas
|
— |