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 |
|---|---|
| Dehradun | state capital |
|
GWW
surface form:
Berlin
|
— |
| Lahore | provincial capital |
|
Lakhnauti (in Bengal)
surface form:
Lakhnauti
|
former capital |
| Hartford | state capital |
| Macapá | state capital |
| Erbil | provincial capital |
| Christiansborg Palace | seat of parliament |
| Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha building, Dehradun | seat of legislature |
| Accra | — |
| Charleston, West Virginia | state capital |
| Mexico City | — |
| Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America | state capital |
|
Kolozsvar
surface form:
Kolozsvár
|
regional capital |
| Garhgaon | former capital |
| Bamako | — |
| Xi'an | provincial capital |
| Singida | regional capital |
| Tanda | former capital |
|
legislative palace of Nuevo León
surface form:
Legislative Palace of Nuevo León
|
seat of legislature |
| Edo | former capital |
| Ouagadougou | — |
|
entire District of Columbia
surface form:
District of Columbia
|
— |
| Jerusalem | — |
| Conakry | — |
| Praia | — |
|
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
surface form:
Luxembourg City
|
— |
| Maputo | national capital |
| Tarawa Atoll | — |
| Vienna | — |
|
Ying (later Chu capital)
surface form:
Ying
|
former capital |
| Freetown | — |
| Budweis | regional capital |
| Xingqing | former capital |
| Scottish Parliament Building | seat of legislature |
| Denver, Colorado, United States | state capital |
| City of Hamilton | — |
| Sar-e Pol | provincial capital |
|
Washington, D.C. (administrative base via the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
surface form:
Washington, D.C.
|
— |
| Karachi | provincial capital |
| Nánníng | provincial capital |
| Hetu Ala | former capital |
| Lomé | — |
| Kingstown | — |
| Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America | state capital |
| Red Clay, Cherokee Nation | former capital |
| City of Coyhaique | regional capital |
| Malé City | — |
| Washukanni | former capital |
| Knesset building, Jerusalem | seat of legislature |