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 |
|---|---|
|
Dominican Republic
surface form:
Santo Domingo
|
— |
| Bern | — |
| Schaffhausen | — |
| Paraná | provincial capital |
| Danyang | former capital |
| Agartala | state capital |
| Nara | former national capital |
| Halifax | provincial capital |
| Nanning | provincial capital |
| Nashville | state capital |
| Lhasa | — |
| European Parliament complex in Brussels | seat of parliament |
| Amaravati | — |
| Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium | provincial capital |
| Oranjestad | — |
| Mainz | — |
| Guiyang | provincial capital |
| Topeka, Kansas | state capital |
| Baturyn | former capital |
| Pandua | former capital |
| Seoul | — |
| Bahir Dar | regional capital |
| New Echota | Cherokee capital |
| Willemstad | — |
| Morelia | state capital |
| Capitol Building, Monrovia | seat of legislature |
| Gitega | — |
| Morioka | — |
| Haikou | provincial capital |
| Tbilisi | — |
| Sonargaon | former capital |
| Minas Tirith | capital of Gondor |
| Sis | former capital |
| Hamilton, Bermuda | — |
| Santiago | — |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | state capital |
| Shenyang | provincial capital |
| Tallinn | — |
| Kingston | — |
| Djibloho | administrative capital |
| Riga | — |
| Tiraspol | de facto capital |
| Spanish Town, Jamaica | former national capital |
| Maximilianeum | seat of parliament |
| Dvin | former capital |
| Ngazargamu | former capital |
| Munich | — |
| City of Augusta, Maine | state capital |
| Cusco | former national capital |
| Adamstown | — |