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 |
|---|---|
| Ado-Ekiti | state capital |
| Mariehamn | — |
| St. Pölten | regional capital |
| Whitehorse | — |
| Dadu | former national capital |
| Dakar | — |
| Old Royal Palace of Greece | seat of parliament |
| Cajamarca | regional capital |
| Fustat | former national capital |
| Khanbaliq | former national capital |
| Prague | — |
| Helsinki | — |
| Brisbane | state capital |
| Sassari | provincial capital |
| Baghdad | national capital |
|
Taipei, Taiwan
surface form:
Taipei
|
— |
| Brazzaville | — |
| Oristano | provincial capital |
| Finfinne | — |
| Damascus | national capital |
| Stockholm | — |
| Denver, Colorado | state capital |
| Victoria | provincial capital |
| Seoul Special City | — |
| Cauquenes | provincial capital |
| Sukhumi | de facto capital |
|
United States state capitals
surface form:
Montgomery
|
U.S. state capital |
| Road Town | — |
| Perth | state capital |
| Victoria, British Columbia | provincial capital |
| Bangui | — |
| Río Gallegos | provincial capital |
| Shangdu | former capital |
| Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | former national capital |
| Songkhla | provincial capital |
| Adelaide | state capital |
| Canberra | — |
| Дьокуускай | regional capital |
| Bogotá | — |
| Amman | — |
| Muscat | — |
| San Salvador | national capital |
| Austin | state capital |
|
Chéngdū
surface form:
Chengdu
|
provincial capital |
| Chang'an | former national capital |
| Bhopal | state capital |
|
Halsema
surface form:
Amsterdam
|
— |
| Addis Ababa | — |
| Formosa | provincial capital |
| Sanaʽa | — |