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 |
|---|---|
| Hanover | — |
| Kidal | regional capital |
|
federal state of Berlin
surface form:
Berlin
|
— |
| Sarajevo | — |
| Golden City (Wakanda) | — |
| Lucena | provincial capital |
|
Suva, Fiji
surface form:
Suva
|
— |
| Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz | provincial capital |
| Tacna | regional capital |
|
PTY
surface form:
Panama City
|
— |
| Salt Lake City | state capital |
| Lucknow | state capital |
| Koulikoro | regional capital |
| Port Stanley | — |
| Parliament House, Stockholm | seat of parliament |
| Lashkargah | provincial capital |
| Qalat | provincial capital |
| Zaranj | provincial capital |
| Farah city | provincial capital |
| Zahedan | provincial capital |
| Farah | provincial capital |
| Medan | provincial capital |
| Washington, D.C. | — |
| Avarua | — |
| Tegucigalpa | — |
| Beijing | — |
| Sanandaj | provincial capital |
| Gordon House | seat of legislature |
| Edmonton | provincial capital |
|
Ammon
surface form:
Amman
|
— |
| Villahermosa | state capital |
| Victoria | — |
| Makassar | regional capital |
| Babylon | former capital |
| Qazvin | provincial capital |
| Alofi | — |
| Salonika | regional capital |
| Itjtawy | capital of Egypt |
| Myitkyina | regional capital |
| Kuantan | state capital |
| Augusta Vindelicorum | provincial capital |
| Dover | state capital |
| Portoviejo | provincial capital |
| Ambato | provincial capital |
| El Capitolio | national capitol |
| Xining | provincial capital |
| Charlotte Amalie | — |
| Cape Town | legislative capital |
| Belgrade | — |
| Eastern Capital | capital city title |