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 |
|---|---|
| Hobart | state capital |
| Narathiwat | provincial capital |
| Malé | — |
| Panama City | — |
| Delémont | — |
|
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
surface form:
Winnipeg
|
provincial capital |
| Manama | — |
|
Bulfinch
surface form:
Washington, D.C.
|
— |
| Thiruvananthapuram | — |
| Guatemala City | — |
| Kohima | — |
| Funafuti | — |
| Bissau | national capital |
|
Nicaragua
surface form:
Managua
|
— |
| Changchun | former national capital |
| Imphal | state capital |
| Gangtok | — |
| Lansing, Michigan | state capital |
| Legislative Assembly building, Fort St. George | seat of legislature |
| Edinburgh | — |
| Bhubaneswar | state capital |
| Lilongwe | national capital |
| Andorra la Vella | — |
| Moroni | — |
| Phoenix, Arizona, United States | state capital |
| Otsu | — |
| Gaur | former capital |
| Aizawl | state capital |
| Tzintzuntzan | former capital |
| Mariinsky Palace | seat of legislature |
|
Latvia
surface form:
Riga
|
— |
| Porto-Novo | — |
| Nam Dinh City | provincial capital |
|
SILJU
surface form:
Ljubljana
|
— |
| Moscow | — |
| Bratislava | — |
| Managua | — |
| Ramavati | former capital |
| Carson City | — |
|
TIA
surface form:
Tirana
|
— |
| Kyiv | — |
|
PG
surface form:
Podgorica
|
— |
| Tabora | regional capital |
| Harbin | provincial capital |
| Palace of the Argentine National Congress | seat of legislature |
| Autonomous City of Buenos Aires | — |
| Raleigh | state capital |
| Ranchi | — |
| Wellington | — |
|
London, England
surface form:
London
|
— |