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 |
|---|---|
| Vinh | provincial capital |
|
legislative palace of Sergipe (seat building)
surface form:
Legislative Palace of Sergipe
|
seat of legislature |
| Tamale | regional capital |
| St. John’s | provincial capital |
| Palangka Raya | regional capital |
| Yuan Dadu | former capital |
| Nazi Berlin | — |
|
municipality of Madrid
surface form:
Municipality of Madrid
|
— |
| Parliament Building, Freetown | seat of parliament |
| Majuro | — |
|
Lutetia – Paris
surface form:
Paris
|
— |
| Dhankar | former capital |
| Charlottetown | provincial capital |
| Indianapolis | state capital |
| Córdoba, Argentina | provincial capital |
| Fredericton | provincial capital |
| Santa Fe | state capital |
|
Jersey City, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
surface form:
Washington, D.C.
|
— |
| City of Austin | state capital |
|
Rio Gallegos
surface form:
Río Gallegos
|
provincial capital |
| Johor Bahru | state capital |
| Jos | state capital |
| Yola | state capital |
|
Praia, Cape Verde
surface form:
Praia
|
— |
| San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca | provincial capital |
| Yenagoa | state capital |
| Hartford, Connecticut, United States | state capital |
| San José, Costa Rica | — |
| Ninh Binh City | provincial capital |
| Maiduguri | state capital |
| George Town | — |
| Gangaikonda Cholapuram | former capital |
| Julcán | provincial capital |
|
Java region
surface form:
Jakarta
|
— |
| Iruña | provincial capital |
| Saint-Denis, Réunion | — |
| Tarnopol | regional capital |
| Kuching | state capital |
| Santa Fe, Argentina | provincial capital |
| Gombe | state capital |
| Kota Kinabalu | state capital |
| Concord, New Hampshire | state capital |
| contemporary London | — |
| Hanoi | — |
| Sejm complex in Warsaw | seat of legislature |
| Salta (city) | provincial capital |
| Panaji | state capital |
| Hongseong | administrative capital |
|
legislative palace of Zacatecas
surface form:
Legislative Palace of Zacatecas
|
seat of legislature |
|
London and Tyneside
surface form:
London
|
— |