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 |
|---|---|
|
LUN
surface form:
Lusaka
|
— |
| Ndola | provincial capital |
| West Bengal Legislative Assembly building | seat of legislature |
| Minna | regional capital |
| Bangkok Province | national capital |
| Nairobi | — |
| Croatian Parliament building | seat of legislature |
|
municipality of Puerto del Rosario
surface form:
Puerto del Rosario
|
— |
|
Beirut (approx. 80 km north)
surface form:
Beirut
|
— |
| Mahodayapuram | former capital |
|
SOF
surface form:
Sofia
|
— |
| Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly building | seat of legislature |
| Saigon | former capital |
|
جيبوتي
surface form:
مدينة جيبوتي
|
عاصمة وطنية |
| Trípolis | — |
| Parliament Building, Lilongwe | seat of parliament |
|
Dispur, Assam
surface form:
Dispur
|
— |
| Senate building in Antananarivo | seat of parliament |
|
Carson City, Nevada is approximately 5–10 miles
surface form:
Carson City, Nevada
|
state capital |
| Selanik | regional capital |
| Kananga | provincial capital |
|
BSB
surface form:
Brasília
|
— |
| Bouira | provincial capital |
| Federal Legislative Palace | seat of legislature |
|
Pishpek fortress
surface form:
Bishkek
|
— |
| Khar Balgas | former capital |
|
parish of St Helier
surface form:
Parish of St Helier
|
— |
| Parish of St Peter Port | — |
|
modern Montenegro
surface form:
Podgorica
|
— |
| Round City of Baghdad | — |
| Hangzhou | provincial capital |
| Nara-Barya | former capital |
| Phu Ly | provincial capital |
| Huelva | provincial capital |
|
Albany, New York (headquarters of NYS OPRHP)
surface form:
Albany, New York
|
state capital |
| Copenhagen Municipality | capital municipality |
| San Juan | — |
| Hogbonu | — |
| Adjatchè | — |
| Madras, India | state capital |
| Phu Ly City | provincial capital |
| Sokoto | regional capital |
| St. George's, Grenada | — |
| Nanchang | provincial capital |
| Apia | — |
| Municipality of Tirana | — |
| Uttaradit | provincial capital |
| Lamphun | provincial capital |
|
LYPG
surface form:
Podgorica
|
— |
| Ilorin | state capital |