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 |
|---|---|
| Legislative Palace of the State of Mexico | seat of legislature |
|
Nassau (capital of the Bahamas) is the national capital for Cooper’s Town
surface form:
Nassau
|
— |
|
bern
surface form:
Bern
|
federal city |
| Castries | — |
| Hamilton | — |
| Santo Domingo | — |
| Warsaw | — |
| Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands | — |
|
Providence, Rhode Island (location of the school involved in Lee v. Weisman)
surface form:
Providence, Rhode Island
|
state capital |
| Kimberley, Northern Cape | provincial capital |
| George Town, Penang | state capital |
| Sydney | state capital |
|
London (approximate, inferred from National Theatre work)
surface form:
London
|
— |
| Mataram | former capital |
| Trang city | provincial capital |
| Maimana | provincial capital |
|
LBV
surface form:
Libreville
|
— |
|
Nebelsbad (fictional city)
surface form:
Nebelsbad
|
— |
|
city of Moquegua
surface form:
Moquegua
|
regional capital |
| Santa Fe, New Mexico | state capital |
| Landtag of Thuringia building | seat of legislature |
| Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | state capital |
| Belmopan | — |
|
Kunming, China
surface form:
Kunming
|
provincial capital |
| Quito | — |
| Harare | — |
| Gilgit | regional capital |
| Honiara | — |
|
city serving as primary capital in eastern part of a realm
surface form:
Eastern Capital
|
capital city type |
| Hà Nội Municipality | — |
| Zamora | provincial capital |
|
My Tho City
surface form:
Mỹ Tho City
|
provincial capital |
|
Washington
surface form:
Washington, D.C.
|
— |
| Lincoln | state capital |
|
الأهواز (على الأرجح)
surface form:
الأهواز
|
عاصمة إقليم |
| Kigali | — |
| Uyo | state capital |
| Inwa | former capital |
| Ratanapura | former capital |
|
Mexico City and Acapulco
surface form:
Mexico City
|
— |
|
Upper Town
surface form:
Oranjestad
|
— |
|
Corinth (regional capital of Corinthia)
surface form:
Corinth
|
regional capital |
| Hưng Yên City | provincial capital |
|
Nurzhan Zhumadilov
surface form:
Astana
|
— |
| Parliament House, Valletta | seat of parliament |
|
Thessalonica was a provincial capital of Macedonia
surface form:
Thessalonica
|
provincial capital |
| Boston, Massachusetts | state capital |
| Rabat | — |
| El Fasher | regional capital |
| El Geneina | regional capital |