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 |
|---|---|
| Gasteiz | provincial capital |
|
FYWE
surface form:
Windhoek
|
— |
| San Juan | provincial capital |
|
asteroid 1948 Kampala
surface form:
Kampala
|
— |
| Pekanbaru | provincial capital |
| San al-Hagar (Tanis) | former national capital |
| St. George's | — |
| State of Berlin | — |
| Saitama | — |
|
GBE
surface form:
Gaborone
|
— |
| St. John’s | — |
| Lago Agrio | provincial capital |
| Lang Son | provincial capital |
| Trient | provincial capital |
|
America/Managua
surface form:
Managua
|
— |
| Cap-Henry | former capital |
| Bandar Lampung | provincial capital |
|
LYBE
surface form:
Belgrade
|
— |
| Abuja | — |
| Aného | former national capital |
|
Kazakhstan
surface form:
Astana
|
— |
| Nuuk | — |
| Columbus, Ohio | state capital |
| Asmara | national capital |
| Gulu | regional capital |
| Faizabad | provincial capital |
| Citadel of the Stars | — |
| Wellington City | — |
| Corte | former capital |
| Boralus | — |
|
Corduba (assumed, as with the Annaei family)
surface form:
Corduba
|
provincial capital |
| Columbus | state capital |
| Exodar | — |
| Caesarea in Cappadocia | provincial capital |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | administrative capital |
| Silvermoon City | — |
|
SSG
surface form:
Malabo
|
— |
| Dazar'alor | — |
| Dublin | — |
| Poh Pitu | former capital |
| Kandy | former capital |
| Bishkek | — |
| Montgomery, Alabama | state capital |
| Mbabane | national capital |
| Phoenix | state capital |
| Stanley | — |
| Douglas, Isle of Man | — |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
surface form:
Kinshasa
|
— |
| Mỹ Tho | provincial capital |
|
Boston is a major city in New England
surface form:
Boston
|
state capital |