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 |
|---|---|
| Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | state capital |
| Legislature Building | seat of legislature |
| Hangmatana | former capital |
| Tehran | — |
| Kırklareli | provincial capital |
|
Pretoria, South Africa
surface form:
Pretoria
|
— |
| Phoenix, Arizona | state capital |
| Phoenix, Arizona | state capital |
|
Grigny
surface form:
Paris
|
capital of France |
| City of Saint Paul | — |
| Wa | regional capital |
|
Nueva Armenia
surface form:
Tegucigalpa
|
— |
| Buenos Aires | — |
| Capitolio Nacional | seat of parliament |
| Peshawar | provincial capital |
| Quang Ngai City | provincial capital |
|
Santa Rosa
surface form:
Santa Rosa, La Pampa
|
provincial capital |
| Berne | federal city |
| Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | provincial capital |
| Dong Hoi | provincial capital |
| Namur Parliament building | seat of legislature |
| Dong Hoi City | provincial capital |
| Kinshasa | — |
| Albany | state capital |
| City of Havana | — |
|
UNESCO World Heritage Site Brasília
surface form:
Brasília
|
national capital |
| Caracas | — |
| Kabul | — |
| Canton | provincial capital |
| Parliament House of Åland | seat of legislature |
| Ngerulmud | national capital |
| Tokyo | — |
| Berlin | — |
| Long Xuyen | provincial capital |
|
legislative palace of Paraíba in João Pessoa
surface form:
Legislative Palace of Paraíba in João Pessoa
|
seat of legislature |
| Buôn Ma Thuột | provincial capital |
| Roman Antioch | provincial capital |
| Tana | — |
| Chota | provincial capital |
| Soba | former capital |
| Dambadeniya | former capital |
| Paris | — |
| Islamabad | — |
| Ulan-Ude | — |
| Sejong City | administrative capital |
|
The Gathering Place
surface form:
Honolulu
|
state capital |
|
legislative palace of Ceará
surface form:
Legislative Palace of Ceará
|
seat of legislature |
| Gorno-Altaysk | — |
| Central District (Honduras) | — |
| Boise | state capital |