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 |
|---|---|
| Zhongjing (Liao) | — |
| Niamey | — |
| New Echota, Georgia | former capital |
| Banjul | — |
| London, Airstrip One | — |
|
Qazvin, Iran
surface form:
Qazvin
|
provincial capital |
| Stanley, Falkland Islands | — |
| Theed | — |
|
Sénou
surface form:
Bamako
|
— |
| Bostra Nova Trajana | provincial capital |
| Quebec City | provincial capital |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | — |
| Tuspa | former capital |
| King Edward Point | — |
| Bestine | — |
| Trat | provincial capital |
| Feng | former capital |
| Hao | former capital |
|
city of Kyzylorda
surface form:
Kyzylorda
|
regional capital |
|
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
surface form:
Raleigh, North Carolina
|
state capital |
| Manipur Legislative Assembly complex | seat of legislature |
| Samarinda | provincial capital |
|
Sofia was named after Saint Sofia Church
surface form:
Sofia
|
— |
| Zvongombe | former capital |
| Niyamasabha Mandiram | seat of legislature |
|
Washington
surface form:
Washington, D.C.
|
— |
| Bridgetown | — |
| Larissa | regional capital |
| City of Berlin | — |
| Junggyeong | — |
| Riyadh | — |
| Khartoum | — |
| Sanggyeong | — |
| Iraqi Parliament building | seat of legislature |
| Ṭarābulus | — |
| Zwedru | regional capital |
| Tarabulus al-Gharb | — |
| Kofu | — |
| El Obeid | state capital |
| Federal Palace of Switzerland | seat of parliament |
| Njimi | former capital |
| Tripura Legislative Assembly building | seat of legislature |
| Cao Bang City | provincial capital |
| Palace of Westminster | seat of legislature |
| Thủ Dầu Một | provincial capital |
| Thu Dau Mot | provincial capital |
| Birnin Zana | — |
| Patna | — |
| Golden City | — |
| Novogrudok | former capital |