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 |
|---|---|
| Zafar | former capital |
| Elista | — |
| Vidhan Bhavan, Bhopal | seat of legislature |
| Madrid | — |
| Hargeisa | — |
|
Hagåtña, Guam
surface form:
Hagåtña
|
— |
|
Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
surface form:
Tallahassee
|
state capital |
| Garowe | regional capital |
| Tanta | regional capital |
| Beirut | — |
| Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai | seat of legislature |
| Central Legislative Assembly building complex | seat of legislature |
| Santo Domingo de Guzmán | — |
| Spanish Town | former national capital |
| Parliament Building of Quebec | seat of legislature |
| Port Louis | — |
| Cockburn Town | — |
|
ancient city of Memphis
surface form:
Memphis (ancient city)
|
former national capital |
|
Chief Neharawa
surface form:
Harare
|
— |
| Montevideo | — |
| Libreville | — |
| Delhi Vidhan Sabha complex | seat of legislature |
| Neuquén (city) | provincial capital |
| Windhoek | — |
| Son La | provincial capital |
| Benslimane | provincial capital |
| Calcutta | former national capital |
| Sidi Bennour | provincial capital |
| Noʻkis | — |
| Gaborone | — |
| Jolbon | former capital |
| Phnom Penh | — |
| León | provincial capital |
| Цхинвал | столица |
| ცხინვალი | დედაქალაქი |
| Frankfort, Kentucky | state capital |
| Vientiane | — |
| Murcia | provincial capital |
| Wiryeseong | former capital |
| Parliament building in Tehran | seat of legislature |
| Olympia | state capital |
| La Serena | provincial capital |
| Kaesong | former national capital |
| Astana | — |
| Landtag of Brandenburg building | seat of legislature |
| Iqaluit | — |
| Kilis | provincial capital |
| Valletta | — |
| Hanseong | former capital |
| Ölgii | provincial capital |